Comments on: OK, Shelley, How Should Techmeme Work? http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hugh macleod http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4148 hugh macleod Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4148 This is Web 2.0, Seth, if you don't like a certain mousetrap, build a better one.Some people in Web 2.0 will change the world. Other people in 2.0 will instead elect to spend endless hours kvetching in the comment sections. Life is unfair. This is Web 2.0, Seth, if you don’t like a certain mousetrap, build a better one.Some people in Web 2.0 will change the world. Other people in 2.0 will instead elect to spend endless hours kvetching in the comment sections. Life is unfair.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4149 hugh macleod Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4149 This is Web 2.0, Seth, if you don't like a certain mousetrap, build a better one.Some people in Web 2.0 will change the world. Other people in 2.0 will instead elect to spend endless hours kvetching in the comment sections. Life is unfair. This is Web 2.0, Seth, if you don’t like a certain mousetrap, build a better one.Some people in Web 2.0 will change the world. Other people in 2.0 will instead elect to spend endless hours kvetching in the comment sections. Life is unfair.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 Gabe Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4150 Yes Seth, and I recall you linking my personal blog immediately after I linked yours, back in June. Hmmm... :) Yes Seth, and I recall you linking my personal blog immediately after I linked yours, back in June. Hmmm… :)

]]> By: Gabe http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 Gabe Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4151 Yes Seth, and I recall you linking my personal blog immediately after I linked yours, back in June. Hmmm... :) Yes Seth, and I recall you linking my personal blog immediately after I linked yours, back in June. Hmmm… :)

]]> By: Gabe http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 Gabe Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4152 Thanks Kent. I'd add one more thing, a key point in fact. Links indicate relatedness. Some association between linker and linkee. I'm missing out on discovering things if I don't do this. Bloggers search for people linking them all the time. It's not just about currency. It's about finding people and ideas to engage. Thanks Kent. I’d add one more thing, a key point in fact. Links indicate relatedness. Some association between linker and linkee. I’m missing out on discovering things if I don’t do this. Bloggers search for people linking them all the time. It’s not just about currency. It’s about finding people and ideas to engage.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4153 Gabe Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4153 Thanks Kent. I'd add one more thing, a key point in fact. Links indicate relatedness. Some association between linker and linkee. I'm missing out on discovering things if I don't do this. Bloggers search for people linking them all the time. It's not just about currency. It's about finding people and ideas to engage. Thanks Kent. I’d add one more thing, a key point in fact. Links indicate relatedness. Some association between linker and linkee. I’m missing out on discovering things if I don’t do this. Bloggers search for people linking them all the time. It’s not just about currency. It’s about finding people and ideas to engage.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4154 First, the video I keep posting about it :-)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUg4xqGxo1YThe general problem with TechMeme is heavy echoing of what A-listers are talking about - it tends to be very insular and incestuous. Just look at what happens whenever one of the BigHeads has a party.The specific issue here is the post comes off as "Little Z-lister, give me, high and mighty aggregator, your attention (links, PageRank), and maybe - maybe - if you give enough to me, I'll give some back to you. No guarantees, and only people who turn out to be "somebody" are going to get anything back, of course - that's the way the world works"It's kind of like when some politician outright publishs the equation between campaign contributions and access ("Send me some money, and if you raise enough, maybe I'll listen to you").One can say at least it's honest, I guess. Still, it's irritating to have one's nose rubbed in how rank determines attention.Disclaimer: I met Gabe once, I liked him personally. But, as he knows, the oligarchical structure of the bogosphere has long been an issue for me. First, the video I keep posting about it :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUg4xqGxo1YThe general problem with TechMeme is heavy echoing of what A-listers are talking about – it tends to be very insular and incestuous. Just look at what happens whenever one of the BigHeads has a party.The specific issue here is the post comes off as “Little Z-lister, give me, high and mighty aggregator, your attention (links, PageRank), and maybe – maybe – if you give enough to me, I’ll give some back to you. No guarantees, and only people who turn out to be “somebody” are going to get anything back, of course – that’s the way the world works”It’s kind of like when some politician outright publishs the equation between campaign contributions and access (“Send me some money, and if you raise enough, maybe I’ll listen to you”).One can say at least it’s honest, I guess. Still, it’s irritating to have one’s nose rubbed in how rank determines attention.Disclaimer: I met Gabe once, I liked him personally. But, as he knows, the oligarchical structure of the bogosphere has long been an issue for me.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.newsome.org/2006/11/ok-shelley-how-should-techmeme-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4155 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3279#comment-4155 First, the video I keep posting about it :-)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUg4xqGxo1YThe general problem with TechMeme is heavy echoing of what A-listers are talking about - it tends to be very insular and incestuous. Just look at what happens whenever one of the BigHeads has a party.The specific issue here is the post comes off as "Little Z-lister, give me, high and mighty aggregator, your attention (links, PageRank), and maybe - maybe - if you give enough to me, I'll give some back to you. No guarantees, and only people who turn out to be "somebody" are going to get anything back, of course - that's the way the world works"It's kind of like when some politician outright publishs the equation between campaign contributions and access ("Send me some money, and if you raise enough, maybe I'll listen to you").One can say at least it's honest, I guess. Still, it's irritating to have one's nose rubbed in how rank determines attention.Disclaimer: I met Gabe once, I liked him personally. But, as he knows, the oligarchical structure of the bogosphere has long been an issue for me. First, the video I keep posting about it :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUg4xqGxo1YThe general problem with TechMeme is heavy echoing of what A-listers are talking about – it tends to be very insular and incestuous. Just look at what happens whenever one of the BigHeads has a party.The specific issue here is the post comes off as “Little Z-lister, give me, high and mighty aggregator, your attention (links, PageRank), and maybe – maybe – if you give enough to me, I’ll give some back to you. No guarantees, and only people who turn out to be “somebody” are going to get anything back, of course – that’s the way the world works”It’s kind of like when some politician outright publishs the equation between campaign contributions and access (“Send me some money, and if you raise enough, maybe I’ll listen to you”).One can say at least it’s honest, I guess. Still, it’s irritating to have one’s nose rubbed in how rank determines attention.Disclaimer: I met Gabe once, I liked him personally. But, as he knows, the oligarchical structure of the bogosphere has long been an issue for me.

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