Well, some would say that HN submissions is a humanly-curated directory. And it is doing quite well, from what i've heard[1] [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/it

Well, some would say that HN submissions is a humanly-curated directory. And it is doing quite well, from what i've heard[1] [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2401131 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2401131