Comments on: The Signal to Noise Ratio Feels Out of Whack To Me

By: Rob Hyndman

Rob Hyndman — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:16:30 +0000

Increasingly, we’re absorbing data but not taking in information. Filtering out the most relevant – interesting – provocative of the 100 posts on the same story is a massive challenge. What we need is a relevance engine (with apologies to Alec Saunders) to address the many different contexts and criteria involved in filtering everything that comes in. So far, the only thing that comes close is the brain, so I work furiously, every time that list creeps up to 300+, to get it down under 100.

Cheers,
Rob

By: mark evans

mark evans — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:01:05 +0000

brad,
i agree with your position, although it’s difficult to not get on the bandwagon when a well-known player such as del.icio.us gets acquired. that said, most of my better-read posts have been my own ideas rather than bandwagon jumping. i did one on the size of the latest wired magazine that much to my surprise got all kinds of attention. i guess it shows people like original ideas.

cheers, mark

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:58:39 +0000

I agree that there is a bit of an insular (or incestuous) quality to memeorandum’s links sometimes, and what I value is finding the alternative voice. But at the same time, I would argue that memeorandum does a pretty good job of finding and linking to those too — I found your post through memeorandum as well. Just because everyone is writing about Yahoo and del.icio.us or about Skype and eBay doesn’t mean that they are all saying the same thing about those topics, and often the discussion about important deals like those ones helps to stimulate ideas about other things. So I don’t necessarily see it as a bad thing.

By: Gordon Weakliem

Gordon Weakliem — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:49:30 +0000

I think that part of the reason is that even after reading the Fortune article, I still have no clue what Provide commerce does, and by the admission of several analysts in the article, nobody’s really sure what Liberty does. Am I supposed to get excited about this?

By: john

john — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:38:59 +0000

It’s good!
And because of these reasons companies quickly pass under the radar of bigger companies and become bigger in their own way. For e.g. walmart! Just nice to see that in this world where news travels very fast, it is still possible for good companies quitely grow and not get acquired as every other good company does.

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:25:42 +0000

I specifically don’t blog this kind of thing because I’ve realized after 3 years that I have little to add.

The irony of the whole situation is that I found your post through Memeorandum

By: Ken Yarmosh

Ken Yarmosh — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:56:37 +0000

Brad…I agree there was an enormous amount of “Yahoo! bought del.icio.us” and nothing more. I caught a couple of good analytical pieces and highlighted them on the hub (as well as added my own 2.0 cents).

These unfoldings speak to some larger issues in the blogosphere and from my perspective, vastly reduces its value. Not everyone can be the newsbreakers or newsmakers that Steve Rubel and Mike Arrington are. Since those “models” work though, people often attempt to mimic them.

The push putton publishing model of blogging facilitates the “first to print” mindset. I think we will see an evolution going forward, where bloggers who bring unique perspectives, not entirely consumed with ‘the now’ will gain more traction. That’s not to say that the newsbreakers and newsmakers will lose their seats – I just think those seats are all filled up.

By: Simon Brocklehurst's Weblog

Simon Brocklehurst's Weblog — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:44:48 +0000

The Ben and Mena Show…

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By: Gaurav Agarwal

Gaurav Agarwal — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:45:00 +0000

And because of these reasons companies quickly pass under the radar of bigger companies and become bigger in their own way. For e.g. walmart! Just nice to see that in this world where news travels very fast, it is still possible for good companies quitely grow and not get acquired as every other good company does.

By: Simon Brocklehurst&#

Simon Brocklehurst&# — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:44:48 +0000

The Ben and Mena Show…