Design: Voting up or Down is Dead

Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead by waleedka on Sunday October 14, 2007 @10:51PM (#67870)

Edited: A web site doesn't have to cover ALL types of stories. This one doesn't cover politics or astronomy, for example. And, in fact, your point is more of an argument for a multi-community approach. Don't you think? For example, if you have multiple communities to choose from, you can read about marketing in the morning and about programming in the evening. Whatever you like.

Google News is organized this way, and it seems to work.

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Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead by DanielBMarkham on Sunday October 14, 2007 @11:01PM (#67874)

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I think my point was more that people have "favorite" topics, but it's a loose and free-flowing thing, not a rigid structure. Computers are really good at rigid definitions, while people may be amenable to all kinds of fuzziness. Perhaps my group is better defined as "people who like science, astronomy, politics, and startups" -- but that wouldn't be the topics of the articles! The topics of the articles I like could be anything. And over time, I might add or subtract the stuff I like, even without being consciously aware of it. Heck, I'm not even sure I'm able to give you a precise list of topics I'm interested in, much less self-select against a preconceived ontology.

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Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead by waleedka on Sunday October 14, 2007 @11:21PM (#67882)

I see your point. So how about this: a community for people who like science, and another one for those who like politics, and so on. And, then, you choose to be a member of the science, astronomy, and politics clubs, and I choose to join the science and startups clubs. At least this is what I want to build.

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