Hi,
Does del.icio.us compete with digg/reddit? If so, in what sense?
Clearly, a hot news item that is known by hundreds of people can
become a hot news item on del.icio.us.
But what if the news item is only known by a handful of people or even
just one person? In that case, would digg/reddit be better suited for
spreading that news item?
In my view, del.icio.us is quite different from digg/reddit. In
particular, there is a much greater fraction of users who contribute
content to del.icio.us than digg/reddit. Del.icio.us users contribute
content to benefit themselves, rather than to promote/discuss news
items. Most digg/reddit users just want to see hot news, mostly
submitted by a few people.
So the motivations are very different, and it's not immediately clear
how one might transform a social bookmarking service like del.icio.us
into a service that can be used for both social bookmarking and social
news. Indeed, the combination may be too complicated and confusing for
most users.
Amir
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