Thoughts 12 Jun 2008 01:47 pm
More thoughts on social bookmarking
I have been playing with Digg since January, I have yet to send a shout and I’ve had 2 popular.
I have 223 friends and 222 fans.
I’ve dugg 7,812, left 73 comments and submitted 119.
I now know my way around fairly well, but I still don’t know little things like, why the word submitted appears in yellow or red (I don’t really care). Nor do I honestly understand how some of the outright drivel gets to the front page while good information dies on the vine or gets buried. –Digg’s explanation uses words like diversity, but doesn’t give you a clue about what it really takes.
All I know is that a picture of ugly kittens gets more diggs than an article on how Bush and company behave.
I have started thinning out my friends based on how long since they were active, what they shout and when possible how many different names they use.
I have started blocking fans so I don’t have to wade through so much junk to get to my friends shouts. –They really need a way to un-fan someone.
I have several “friends” who shout well over a dozen times a day. In spite of a fair a percentage of interesting articles, this leaves me trying to find a way to deal with the shear volume of shouts.
There are a number of Diggers who’s stuff I automatically digg without reading, and there are some who’s shouts I consistently follow and read.
Most of the rest are boring. For instance, someone sent me a shout asking what color Bugatti I would buy. I don’t care what color a Bugatti is. I can’t afford one, wouldn’t fit behind the wheel if I could buy one and haven’t really liked them since they went mainstream.
I’m certain that this post seemed important to the person shouting, but I dugg it as a courtesy and will not likely digg the next one.
It seems silly to digg what you have no interest in.
Now I have to decide if I’m going to fully participate in this time waster or if I’m going to find other things to do.
If I continue to participate I’m going to have to do some radical pruning of my friends list and block even more fans.
If I do this I’ll probably never make popular again but I won’t have to wade through so much culch and clutter.