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Re: Social Content vs. Big Media Content: Do You Have to Pick a Side?

Bob Caswell — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:25:22 -0000

I agree. It is exciting to see how individuals or companies take advantage of the landscape. Good things seem to be coming from multiple sources.

That last sentence of mine probably seems more like a, "Duh. What else is new?" comment, but sometimes I feel like we need the reminder...

Re: Social Content vs. Big Media Content: Do You Have to Pick a Side?

Logan — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:55:00 -0000

The thing about the Digg community is that it's becoming only community and nothing else. It's a community of people trying to game the community more than anything--it's certainly not primarily about news or information. It's almost like a pyramid scheme, feeding off its own growth until the lack of substance catches up with it.

About the overall post, I don't think you necessarily need to pick sides in this. In a way, it's actually an exciting time for the whole media industry as it works to incorporate the Internet into new models of news and information distribution. I expect a lot of new things will rise and fall as different experiments succeed and fail.

Re: Social Content vs. Big Media Content: Do You Have to Pick a Side?

Tom Caswell — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:41:14 -0000

As long as a portal can generate a sense of community, it will be successful. Digg has been successful so far, but the trick is keeping it up.