Comments on: Wisdom or Madness in the Crowd? http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/ Where programming, the internet and social media collide. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:33:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-33 admin Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:17:09 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-33 @Pinny Cohen We are seeing a lot of that right now, especially with the way Digg is handling things. The only problem is that I do not think we ever get to #6, or we have not gotten there yet. I think we will see many more niche Digg-clones this year, because what is the point of spamming with "free meds" on a sports social media site? General purpose/interest sites will always be popular, but they may not be as useful in the long run. @Pinny Cohen
We are seeing a lot of that right now, especially with the way Digg is handling things. The only problem is that I do not think we ever get to #6, or we have not gotten there yet. I think we will see many more niche Digg-clones this year, because what is the point of spamming with “free meds” on a sports social media site?

General purpose/interest sites will always be popular, but they may not be as useful in the long run.

]]> By: Pinny Cohen http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-32 Pinny Cohen Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:05:11 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-32 Very insightful post. I tend to think of this whole mess this way: As time goes on, more and more of these sites are adding in Digg-like features such as voting down something. Now, if you think that gaming a system is easy, it gets even easier when you have up voting AND down voting. The usual trend of the web in these types of matters is: 1) Site "A" brings big traffic. 2) Spammers/Gamers join in bulk 3) Best users get tired, move on to another site 4) Site "A" owners figure out an algorithm to beat out most spam. 5) It's too little, too late, since no one cares about the site as much anymore. 6) We all chuckle because it ends up just being spammers spamming each other, and not affecting as many "normal" web users. Very insightful post. I tend to think of this whole mess this way:

As time goes on, more and more of these sites are adding in Digg-like features such as voting down something. Now, if you think that gaming a system is easy, it gets even easier when you have up voting AND down voting.

The usual trend of the web in these types of matters is:
1) Site “A” brings big traffic.
2) Spammers/Gamers join in bulk
3) Best users get tired, move on to another site
4) Site “A” owners figure out an algorithm to beat out most spam.
5) It’s too little, too late, since no one cares about the site as much anymore.
6) We all chuckle because it ends up just being spammers spamming each other, and not affecting as many “normal” web users.

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]]> By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-30 admin Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:11:49 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-30 @honestape, First, thanks for the comment as I always appreciate the conversation. I think the first step for any of the social media sites is to limit the amount of blatant spam and trolling. That may be algorithmic at its core. Some of the other content is much harder to discern and dumping it into an algorithm means you need to keep an exceptions list for those sites that trigger the algorithm but are not actually spam. @honestape,

First, thanks for the comment as I always appreciate the conversation. I think the first step for any of the social media sites is to limit the amount of blatant spam and trolling. That may be algorithmic at its core. Some of the other content is much harder to discern and dumping it into an algorithm means you need to keep an exceptions list for those sites that trigger the algorithm but are not actually spam.

]]> By: honestape http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-29 honestape Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:53:59 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/2008/02/25/wisdom-or-madness-in-the-crowd/#comment-29 I have no ideas, but I know it pushes me to the limit of sanity to see the spammers and trolls on Mixx that don't get banned. But, as I said in a recent post on the forum, not all people consider the same thing to be spam. I have no ideas, but I know it pushes me to the limit of sanity to see the spammers and trolls on Mixx that don’t get banned.

But, as I said in a recent post on the forum, not all people consider the same thing to be spam.

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