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Social Times: All the Buzz About Yahoo.

COD · 1 year ago

My concern is that mainstream social news, by definition, will be boring. The occasional nugget from far down the long tail that surfaces on Digg or Mixx is what makes those services interesting to me. Given how Yahoo Buzz woks with a limited selection of sources, it seems designed to make sure only boring mainstream news makes it to the top.