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Windows Live Spaces, in partnership with MSN Live Earth is organizing a road trip across America.
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The English Premier League is to sue video-sharing site YouTube for copyright infringement. I have to believe there is some benefit to EPL’s being on YouTube. Posting highlights is a good way to build awareness and interest in the EPL.
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I missed this, but it sounds fun.
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Nice post on “The Great Digg Revolt.” The revolt is a great example of what happens when the Smart Mob gets a head of steam. Digg needs a clearer policy on what they don’t allow, and they need to execute it consistently. Now we’re all confused.
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Great recipe and cool blog. I was once a homesick Texan so I can relate. Kallie and Katie check this out.
5 May 2007
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One Response to “links for 2007-05-06”
1 Ryan 6 May 2007 @ 3:20 pm
I have to respectfully disagree with you in regards to Digg.
Admittedly, a mob mentality absolutely overwhelmed the Digg community. Media that covered this event marked it negatively; some attempted to show that community-driven sites like Digg are, indeed, completely flawed because they are community-driven. What a weak argument, and the bias to traditional media shines through completely.
As a person who observed the takeover at Digg, it is my opinion that this occurred as a result of the iron fist of traditional media. People have been the “slaves” of what higher entities “allow” the masses to hear. At no other time in history has a media format, the Internet, allowed the citizens of any given part of the world to be in charge of content.
What have been the positive effects of that mob that assaulted Digg for hours? Why has no one written an article about that?
Because we like to focus on the bad side. Humans are creatures of habit. When something new comes along, many are quick to belittle the idea. “That’s not going to work,” they claim, “because we already have this to do it.” It is no wonder, then, that this primitive idea pervades criticism of new technology — most notably the Internet.
Diggers realized that by throwing a temper tantrum, they elicited a response from those aforementioned higher entities. And now, they want to gather their collective strength to do it again, in a more constructive manner.
The 2008 Elections are approaching, and Digg is going to flex that muscle. Unfortunately, there is VERY obvious media fixation on certain candidates. For whatever reason, traditional media (i.e., Fox News, NBC, ABC, et al) refuses to talk about lesser-known candidates — candidates who arguably could provide for the greatest presidential contest ever. Where will people find information on this Presidential hopefuls? The Internet. Who will be responsible for disseminating that information?
I’ll give you a hint. It’s not Wolf Blitzer.
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