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A Challange to MP3 Blog Aggregators

• mattdennewitz 17y ago
  what's the challenge? to dedicate more coverage of mashups? i don't at all agree that its the aggregator's responsibility to expose and promote a certain niche in its data. seems contrary to their point: blindly aggregate the data, present the trends, let the user do the filtering. in my opinion, once you start curating, you become a portal.
  • voidfiles 17y ago
    You can call it curation if you want and thats fine. I think with aggregation comes a responsibility for pattern finding as well. Its not enought to just present the naked information. Besides responsibility I think it makes sense, it makes business sense. Checkout "Against Transparency" by Lawrence Lessig - http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/against-transparency http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/against-transparen...
    • mattdennewitz 17y ago
      yes: blindly aggregate the data, present the trends as they happen, and let the user filter for what they want. it's not a river's responsibility to present a miner with a nugget of gold.
      • voidfiles 17y ago
        You are right I would never ask a river to think, but aggregators aren't rivers they are companys, filled with people. I think it behooves a company to help its customers/consumer organize there data. Help them spot trends, highlight trends, segment data. You aren't forcing a user to look at data in a certain way you are helping them build a better net. So in your analogy, I think we need a 3rd entity a expedition leader, or a guide that helps spot good places in the river to go for gold.