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Re: your monkey called

dankeldsen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:45:22 -0000

Wha? I thought continuous parallel attention was all the rage. :) You have to admit. 4 videos is far more effective than 1. I mean, doesn't The Economist test the effectiveness of their marketing efforts?

Re: Dembot - Wisdom of the Crowd vs. Curator

dankeldsen — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:39:38 -0000

Right on - sometimes there is Wisdom, and sometimes Madness in the Crowd. The crowd isn't always a bunch of idiots though, Drew. Come on.

And not everything that Fark (or anyone else) does will appeal to the masses. 100% success isn't possible - so better to be satisfied personally with what you're doing, and get what success you can, rather than attempt to predict and fully ride the crowd meme. There's nothing wrong with a niche - total world domination and being loved by billions is not only overrated, it's near impossible.

Keep up the Fark!

Re: louisgray.com: Should Bloggers Open Up Their Statistics?

dankeldsen — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:32:06 -0000

Trust might be easier to come by with more transparency than less. Isn't that what we've learned both in the blogosphere and in the "real world" of Enron, Worldcom, politics, etc.?

Re: Shyftr: Feed theft or social news reader?

dankeldsen — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:53:48 -0000

I hear you - and if Disqus was easier (i.e., widgetized), I'd be wiling to give them a run for the money on my TypePad hosted blog.

The nice thing about the rate of innovation in social media these days, is that (with any luck) neither one of these issues should take all that long to work their way out as solutions.

And where is CoComment? Seems to be lying dormant..

Re: Shyftr: Feed theft or social news reader?

dankeldsen — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:36:32 -0000

Interesting problem - and could be tricky for copyright/IP purposes. It does concern me that part of the "social media" game is about rallying commentary in a single place (in theory), so that all can participate. Take that participation and fracture it into dozens (or more) of various reading/sharing services, and it's difficult to have cogent conversations.

Then again, commenting is largely broken on blogs - it is far too painful to track the threads you want, on most blogs. No doubt why you've integrated Disqus, and I've gone for Intense Debate.

Cheers,
Dan

Re: AlphaDawg's 'mattic FeedDigest

dankeldsen — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:17:14 -0000

The options button and the up/down rating is kind of subtle. Didn't realize what was going on at first. Seemed like nothing much was going on...

Re: Thundercrack The Boss Is Back

dankeldsen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:29:24 -0000

Wow, the Scorpions are still alive? Incredible. Saw them at one of the last "Monsters of Rock" in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium many many years ago.