The first thing I’ve been meaning to point out is that the Business2.0 story on Digg claims they have 180.000+ registered users and 6 million page views a day. And you know what it takes to get to the front page? Sometimes fewer than 100 “diggs.” Even the most popular stories only get a few thousand. That is less than 1%. The moral here is that the people don’t want power. They don’t want to vote. They just want to be in the know. So they read the site, but they don’t participate. There is no wisdom of crowds or power of the masses or anything else. It is the same model as old media, except the editors are now self-appointed. It reminds me of the Despair.com poster on conformity. The tagline is “when people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
I have also tagged this article on del.icio.us. I wonder which location will get the most use?
Posted by markp at April 18, 2006 05:33 PM