Sphinn Has A DMOZ Mentality
Is it just me, or do the Sphinn users seem to vote up stories depending on who submitted them, instead of the actual content inside them?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for community participation and rewarding those who take the time to contribute to the community by voting for their stories. However, I’ve read several things on the front page which frankly make me scratch my head wondering why they are there in the first place.
I’m not going to link to the stories, because it’s not the authors fault these stories are getting so much exposure - and in any event I’m glad for anyone to get their hard work rewarded - even if it’s not up to my personal expectations of “important news”.
At the same time, I start to devalue resources when I begin to see collusion (either implicit or explicit) and I was regarding the Sphinn homepage as a short cut to important news, or great insight.
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