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Trending topics are this decade's flagpole sitting. Replace it with something just as dumb-joinable-fun that's only possible with a decentralized web, and peopl
by misuba 14y ago
Trending topics are this decade's flagpole sitting. Replace it with something just as dumb-joinable-fun that's only possible with a decentralized web, and people will forget about the old thing after a while. Easier said than done, of course, but not an inherent advantage to centralization.
And Google used to be impossible too. There's always a chance that someone reading this site will do to Google exactly what Google did to AltaVista, and for the exact reasons you cite here.
- untog 14y agoTrending topics are this decade's flagpole sitting I don't think that's true. Identifying trending topics can be hugely important. I forget where I saw it, but someone did an analysis of tweets about "earthquake", when one occurred on the east coast of the US some months ago. It followed the path of the quake almost exactly. When people are posting about events before the news does, it's great to be able to detect it.