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fr33lunch · 4520 days ago · link · · parent · post: Old Media's Blind Spot: How New Media and Aggregators are Winning the War for Eyeballs.
On the subject of Hubski and news aggregators, I've been thinking more about how Hubski seems to fit a collaborative filtering model more than an aggregation model As I see it, the "filtering" is done through recommendations to a larger extent than autonomous coding. Thoughts?
I agree, and it's by design. Personally, I do not think that 'majority vote' systems support the best content. Or at least, they run counter to efforts to sustain a quality experience that doesn't align to majority tastes. IMO the ability to create (and sustain) a quality yet unpopular minority experience is key to a dynamic and healthy community, online and off.
What I am writing will touch on some of this. I'd like to hear what else you think about it though.
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I agree. I was just talking with some folks about Hubski and the usual question of, what is that? came up. I find myself calling it a social and news aggregator, but when I describe it further it always sounds less like an aggregator and more like a collaborative. I realize that this is the intended model for Hubski, so I suppose I just didn't agree with the categorization I've seen go along with it.
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I still have a difficult time describing Hubski. thenewgreen is much better at it. The language that is available seems to quickly give the impression of something that it isn't.
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thenewgreen · 4519 days ago · link ·
I spent an entire night talking with people at a TechCrunch gathering about Hubski and I left thinking to myself, "mk is so much better at describing Hubski". -We may be in trouble ;-)
Seriously, I would describe it in short and say, If you are truly interested in what Hubski is, you have to Hubski.