You hit the nail on the head. The next "big thing" for social news will be an implementation of an "editors" concept. Social sites don't have the lock-in they l

You hit the nail on the head. The next "big thing" for social news will be an implementation of an "editors" concept. Social sites don't have the lock-in they like to think. Users moved from friendster to my space and now from my space to facebook. Social news is where search was before Google came along. A social news site that solves the editing problem (designed to naturally implement "star editors", perhaps) can still win big here by virtue of having better content, being less game-able, and not degrading over time. Someone do this, and send me an invite, please!