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28 December 2008

Sudden realization time! Okay, so I was on Digg.com when I realized that it's a more technowonky version of Metachat![More:]

Or at least it can be, depending on how you choose to comment. I've cast myself as someone who comments on the relative "goodness" of the article itself rather than having an overly strong opinion on the subject matter.

I think it's the first time in a while that I've decided to have an Internet "persona" but I figure that for Digg.com, that's okay because of not just the faceless hordes that read it, but also because of the people who use and abuse the system to increase popularity on things that don't matter.
I've set up a few digg clones and while I like the whole vote thingie, it ends up being the hordes that control in the end. Stumbleupon used to be good for a bloggy-share-your-fave-links version of the popularity web and I often found stuff I'd never seen before there- I think there are some mechazens/metafilterati peeps on Stumbleupon... Tried that?
posted by dabitch 28 December | 11:26
Not yet. I want to test the waters with Digg.com, before I turn into a social blogger thingie. Balancing that aspect of my life with wanting to have a life and a day job that takes away a lot of free time is difficult, and I'm sure I'll find that balance someday.
posted by TrishaLynn 28 December | 12:17
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