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  • Louis Gray  There are aggregators that use each of those, but none combined. 1) RSSmeme and ReadBurner aggregate Google Reader shares (as does Feedheads) 2) FriendFeedLinks aggregates FriendFeed shares. RSSmeme is leveraging the FriendFeed API, so in theory, it captures Google Reader shares and all FriendFeed shares.
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    •   louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top
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  • Louis Gray  As I don't have the algorithm in front of me, I can't say whether that's unusual or not, or outside the bounds. We tend to feel that Techmeme is influenced by external linking, and therefore, the lack of links suggests a post should not be included. But Gabe has said there are other influences, which we believe to be shared items on Google Reader or Twitter. Techmeme itself is a link blog, and it appears, at times, that some posts are hand-selected rather than automated, which in my opinion is fine. Should the author, Mona in this case, wait until she has achieved some level of critical mass to be included when her content is equal to that of others?
  • • 21 hours ago
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  •   tonyhung  I have been watching Techmeme for a long time (long being 2 years), and I have to believe that its much more than inbound links. It either has to be other things like Google Reader shares or Friendfeed shares -- which would be interesting, as no other aggregator (that I know of) uses these kinds of metrics. The alternative is that Gabe is merely watching what other people are sharing, and adds them himself. As for Mona -- I think what she wants is a bit irrelevant to the topic at hand, because there are *many* posts in the blogosphere that have intrinsic "worth". Whether any of them get noticed -- and *how* they get noticed algorithmically -- is what is interesting. If its really an algorithm at all, that is, and not just astute bloggers sharing them or linking to them. :)
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  • Louis Gray  Hi Aaron, since this was nauseatingly introspective, you'll have to take it up with the author, Hutch Carpenter. He's trespassing on my turf.
  • • 22 hours ago
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  •   Hutch Carpenter  See Louis - had to stick with the "brand"! ;-)
  •   Aaron Brazell  Ahhha yes indeed. :-p
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  • Louis Gray  If he's at my house, then I better leave work and warn the wife and kids.
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  • Louis Gray  One thing many people have asked for is the ability to create a more personalized Techmeme-like product. In theory, assuming Gabe were interested, you could use Techmeme's algorithm, and use criteria to enable a higher amount of stories by topic, or block specific sources. Maybe he's working on that? But if that were to be released, would it have the same impact that Techmeme does today, which in theory, is driven by an even level of activity and interest around the Web?
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