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Thursday, September 07, 2006
As I mentioned recently, the output pattern on many community-built content sites and recommendation engines appears to skew heavily towards a cadre of obssessive contributors.
Via Threadwatch, I learned that Digg revamped its algorithm so it doesn't skew towards the 'take' of top Diggers.
Next thing you know, the #1 Digger goes ballistic and insults the founder of the company.
You give your heart and soul to something someone else profits from - it leads to heartache. Moral? Maybe, don't get "married" to something like a social bookmarking site. Moral 2: incentives still matter, as varied and non-pecuniary as they may be in some cases. Moral 3: some people's incentives for obsessively contributing to something for "free" are not honorable -- hence, Digg's algorithmic shift, no doubt.
Posted by
Andrew Goodman
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