Comments on: User Rights and the Social Web http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/ Musings and things that amuse us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:18:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bizsugar.com http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-4320 bizsugar.com Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://blog-well.com/?p=589#comment-4320 <strong>User Rights and the Social Web...</strong> While the recent Digg bans have caused much online controversy, little attention has been given to the larger issue affecting users of social sites, namely user rights.... User Rights and the Social Web…

While the recent Digg bans have caused much online controversy, little attention has been given to the larger issue affecting users of social sites, namely user rights….

]]> By: knud http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-3731 knud Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:42:50 +0000 http://blog-well.com/?p=589#comment-3731 Hi I am working on a site which try to solve many of the problems with digg.com. You can find it on http://crowdnews.eu. The main problem with digg is the voting system. When only top voted stories get on the front page it has to be a subject that many can relate to, which result in stories with a low information content. Crowdnews solves this by using sharing instead of voting. Every have a personal news page on which they can subscribe to other users and when those users share stories they will appear on the personal news page. Join me on CrowdNews Hi

I am working on a site which try to solve many of the problems with digg.com.

You can find it on http://crowdnews.eu.

The main problem with digg is the voting system.

When only top voted stories get on the front page it has

to be a subject that many can relate to,

which result in stories with a low information content.

Crowdnews solves this by using sharing instead of voting.

Every have a personal news page on which they can subscribe to other users and when those users share stories they will appear on the personal news page.

Join me on CrowdNews

]]> By: jj-momscashblog http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-3684 jj-momscashblog Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:07:31 +0000 http://blog-well.com/?p=589#comment-3684 Interesting post... there are a lot (or were) sites asking you to Digg this post are they being banned? I've seen some post with well over the hundreds in Diggs. Interesting post… there are a lot (or were) sites asking you to Digg this post are they being banned? I’ve seen some post with well over the hundreds in Diggs.

]]> By: Lid http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-3488 Lid Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:37:40 +0000 http://blog-well.com/?p=589#comment-3488 Hi Mark, You bring up an interesting point. Digg is the biggest when it comes to social news sites, but this only makes this entire issue worse; they are the example other sites look to. For that reason - if nothing else - they should consider setting a better example - blazing the way... Thanks Melissa :) Hi Swizec That's our entire point; Web 2.0 sites must become safe alternatives. Hi Mark,

You bring up an interesting point. Digg is the biggest when it comes to social news sites, but this only makes this entire issue worse; they are the example other sites look to. For that reason – if nothing else – they should consider setting a better example – blazing the way…

Thanks Melissa :)

Hi Swizec

That’s our entire point; Web 2.0 sites must become safe alternatives.

]]> By: Swizec http://blog-well.com/2008/10/12/user-rights-and-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Swizec Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:59:06 +0000 http://blog-well.com/?p=589#comment-3456 Isn't the whole point of banning that the user is banned and ... you know ... can't get back on? The problem isn't in user rights, it's in the primary fallacy of web2.0: users think third parties are safe alternatives to personal storage. When you store money at a bank and get "banned" for, say, tax fraud, nobody would make an outrage out of you not being able to get your content (ie. money) back. Why is it different in the case of websites and data? Just don't do stupid things that get you banned. As for unqualified traffic, traffic DOES mean something. Even if you have quality content it needs to get out there somehow, it won't just attract readers on its own, you have to tell them it's there. Isn’t the whole point of banning that the user is banned and … you know … can’t get back on? The problem isn’t in user rights, it’s in the primary fallacy of web2.0: users think third parties are safe alternatives to personal storage.

When you store money at a bank and get “banned” for, say, tax fraud, nobody would make an outrage out of you not being able to get your content (ie. money) back. Why is it different in the case of websites and data? Just don’t do stupid things that get you banned.

As for unqualified traffic, traffic DOES mean something. Even if you have quality content it needs to get out there somehow, it won’t just attract readers on its own, you have to tell them it’s there.

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