Comments on: Is Digg Making Us Dumber? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Danny Williamson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/comment-page-1/#comment-100421 Danny Williamson Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/#comment-100421 Denis makes a good point. It's not Digg's fault (necessarily) that we're desperate to know what Britney Spears had for lunch. I personally like the idea that I can do the reading I normally do and let people dig up strange and random things for me to read on Digg. Denis makes a good point. It’s not Digg’s fault (necessarily) that we’re desperate to know what Britney Spears had for lunch. I personally like the idea that I can do the reading I normally do and let people dig up strange and random things for me to read on Digg.

]]> By: Denis http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/comment-page-1/#comment-99711 Denis Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:54:29 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/#comment-99711 Or are we making Digg dumber? Wait - that doesn't quite make sense :) There has to be an opportunity to enhance Digg through a combo of personalization and "hidden" intelligence (i.e. "your" Digg rankings only count the votes of the contributors that you Digg...) Or are we making Digg dumber? Wait – that doesn’t quite make sense :)

There has to be an opportunity to enhance Digg through a combo of personalization and “hidden” intelligence (i.e. “your” Digg rankings only count the votes of the contributors that you Digg…)

]]> By: Bob Cook http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/comment-page-1/#comment-99567 Bob Cook Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:01:42 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/#comment-99567 Wait a minute, while at first I thought, "Hey, he did half way prove his point because I did start reading the blog based on the title", I then thought, who doesn't read the title of an article first before starting to read it. So, in an ironic sort of way, the article is self-deprecating. Now, having said that, I do agree that sensationalism drives the news. That's human nature. Folks are drawn to the unique, absurd and extreme. Who wants to read a title that simply says "Today is pretty much a simple day with nothing exciting to report but read on for the next few pages if your life is even more boring than you thought." Wait a minute, while at first I thought, “Hey, he did half way prove his point because I did start reading the blog based on the title”, I then thought, who doesn’t read the title of an article first before starting to read it. So, in an ironic sort of way, the article is self-deprecating. Now, having said that, I do agree that sensationalism drives the news. That’s human nature. Folks are drawn to the unique, absurd and extreme. Who wants to read a title that simply says “Today is pretty much a simple day with nothing exciting to report but read on for the next few pages if your life is even more boring than you thought.”

]]> By: DH http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/comment-page-1/#comment-99502 DH Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:42:33 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/25/is-digg-making-us-dumber/#comment-99502 Popularity vs. quality. We certainly don't live in a meritocracy.... Popularity vs. quality. We certainly don’t live in a meritocracy….

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