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Jonathan Austin  
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 More options 5 June 2008, 10:32
From: "Jonathan Austin" <j.m.aus...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:32:47 +0100
Local: Thurs 5 June 2008 10:32
Subject: Re: [shdc] Re: SHDC#7 complete, signup for SHDC#8!

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:46 PM, tom <twake...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Got some cunning ideas to stop usr news sites (reddit/digg) going
> downhill when the dum masses find them. The missing concept could
> authority - now I just need the google bot net for an afternoon to
> scour the web...

I'd been thinking that linking them  in with social networking would give
you:
a) Too many buzzwords
b) a system where you see the stuff that people like you (ie, whichever
stratum of the dumb masses you belong to :P) like. Maybe have a popularity
threshold above which a story that none of your friends noticed would hit
your 'homepage' too?
'F-igg' could be the name...

You might find the way XKCD's IRC Channel fixed the low signal to noise
ratio interesting:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/01/14/robot9000-and-xkcd-signal-attacking-n...


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