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I wonder if services like yours won't just perpetuate and strengthen the so-called "superstar" effect. It's a feedback loop where a few people at the top reap
by jcbrand 13y ago
I wonder if services like yours won't just perpetuate and strengthen the so-called "superstar" effect.
It's a feedback loop where a few people at the top reap all the rewards for being at the top already (and being "recommended" to everyone else).
I'm not interested in having Robert Scoble or Michael Arrington recommended to me, I already know about them and am not interested in following them.
I'd like to know about much lesser known people who've made very useful technical contributions in their fields (instead of prima donnas). So far, I've found out about these people from mailing lists, github profiles and perhaps hacker news, not ranking algorithms.
- zlatanmenkovic 13y agoThe superstar effect is true, and even google has trouble coping with that, hence the changes in their algorithms over and over. The "prima donnas" you're talking about are perhaps known to you but a larger majority not. But if you would look in the longtail you would definitely find interesting people.