Comments on: What’s Really Wrong With Reddit and Digg – The User Base

By: Kasey Kite

Kasey Kite — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:28:35 +0000

I don’t think reddit is too technical at all, I read it for political stuff and science and random things, pictures of clouds etc. There are certainly articles I skip, but so far it’s the most high quality stream of information i’ve encountered.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:14:27 +0000

Hi David,
Actually I’ve been using it. It’s okay, but not great. I think it was overhyped. IMHO, people use intelligence the wrong way in these apps. They use markov models, bayesian filters, etc. to figure out what is similar to what you like, when they should be doing the opposite – figuring out what you don’t like. Our brains throw away a tremendous amount of info. Intelligent programs need to filter in the same way.

By: David Dundas

David Dundas — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:00:07 +0000

Hey Rob,

You need to check out newsvine. Its intelligent Digg… email me if you’d like an invite.

By: COD

COD — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:45:04 +0000

But without Digg, I never would have seen David Hasselhoff singing Hooked on A Feeling.
http://www.odonnellweb.com/mtarchives/002178.php

You just can’t put a price on that kind on entertainment