Comments on: Digg’s Signal-to-Noise Ratio Just Too Upside-down For Me http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/ Purveyor and Connoisseur of Fine Sarcasm and Analysis Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Not Only Is Digg Noisy, But Its Comments Are Tedious, Too « Graceful Flavor http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-411 Not Only Is Digg Noisy, But Its Comments Are Tedious, Too « Graceful Flavor Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:50:23 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-411 [...] A few days ago, I wrote a post that condemned Digg for its poor signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio, making sorting through its many, many headlines arduous, even when armed with something like Google Reader. [...] [...] A few days ago, I wrote a post that condemned Digg for its poor signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio, making sorting through its many, many headlines arduous, even when armed with something like Google Reader. [...]

]]> By: Jeff Ventura http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-389 Jeff Ventura Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:41:46 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-389 Michael -- I think WP Dashboard's "latest posts" are pretty noisy: they're just spawned by one metric: time, or recentness. The top posts are a BIT bitter, but they suffer from the same thing Digg does: popularity-contest syndrome. The other day, three or four of the "top posts" were about Britney's faux pas shots. Nice. Michael — I think WP Dashboard’s “latest posts” are pretty noisy: they’re just spawned by one metric: time, or recentness. The top posts are a BIT bitter, but they suffer from the same thing Digg does: popularity-contest syndrome. The other day, three or four of the “top posts” were about Britney’s faux pas shots. Nice.

]]> By: michaelsanford http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-386 michaelsanford Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:55:39 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-386 <acronym title="Signal to Noise Ratio">SNR</acronym> is, IMHO, the biggest issue facing blogs and collaborative information-sharing sites like Wikpedia. The ratio is high, but, sadly, often favouring the N over the S. It's somewhat like the Wordpress Dashboard's "Latest posts" vs "Top posts". Latest ¬ best. Come to think of it, neither does top... Like the new avatar BTW. SNR is, IMHO, the biggest issue facing blogs and collaborative information-sharing sites like Wikpedia. The ratio is high, but, sadly, often favouring the N over the S.

It’s somewhat like the WordPress Dashboard’s “Latest posts” vs “Top posts”. Latest ¬ best. Come to think of it, neither does top…

Like the new avatar BTW.

]]> By: Jeff Ventura http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-382 Jeff Ventura Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:05:33 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-382 TMM -- be sure you check out Techmeme too. TMM — be sure you check out Techmeme too.

]]> By: Jeff Ventura http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-381 Jeff Ventura Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:05:07 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-381 Dan -- I agree. I've followed the whole RDM vs. Digg thing at a cursory level. I'm no expert. I'll check out beta.newstrust.net. Thanks for the heads-up. Dan — I agree. I’ve followed the whole RDM vs. Digg thing at a cursory level. I’m no expert.

I’ll check out beta.newstrust.net. Thanks for the heads-up.

]]> By: danieleran http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-380 danieleran Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:00:32 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-380 I have grown tired of the inflamatory campers who have turned up the noise on Digg. One of my readers pointed me to beta.NewsTrust.net which I find interesting both as a reader and in the reviews of articles I've written that are ranked there. I have grown tired of the inflamatory campers who have turned up the noise on Digg.

One of my readers pointed me to beta.NewsTrust.net which I find interesting both as a reader and in the reviews of articles I’ve written that are ranked there.

]]> By: themiddlemanager http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-377 themiddlemanager Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:32:20 +0000 http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/diggs-signal-to-noise-ratio-just-too-upside-down-for-me/#comment-377 I absolutely agree. I as search for content ideas for both my webpage and my blog, I find myself turning to Digg less and less for the reasons you articulate above. I am definitley a big fan of Tailrank. TMM I absolutely agree. I as search for content ideas for both my webpage and my blog, I find myself turning to Digg less and less for the reasons you articulate above.

I am definitley a big fan of Tailrank.

TMM

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