The Foolishness of Crowds
Aug 28th, 2006 by Jon Stahl
As Sean eloquently observes, Digg is way less useful than Slashdot, because it dispenses with any editorial work whatsoever and relies soley on the alleged wisdom of the crowds.
Slashdot, with a combination of old-fashioned editorial and mass-moderation, produces a higher signal-to-noise ratio. And that ain’t sayin much.
