content-rating schemes
that aggregate/average ratings
down to least-common-denominator
mediocrity
i'd like to see web2.0 sites
widely implement local 'mini-blogs'
that reformat just the content
rated highly by those minibloggers
you choose to subscribe to
along with their comments on that content
and, as well
those comments of others
that they think worth blogging/passing-on
so instead of a
degrading popularity contest
you can seek out
local-to-that-site 'pre-surfers'
whose tastes resemble yours
to filter the content
and then pass on
in your own mini-blog
the best of those several
that you subscribe to
so flickr should turn their 'faves'
into feeds/blogs
with bloggable comments too
and slashdot and digg
could solve their
too-many-comments
cream-sinks problem
by allowing mini-blogs
that reformat both the best posts
and the best comments
on a single scrolling page
and the poems-of-the-day sites
(or any x-of-the-day)
if they allow mini-blogs
would be effectively allowing
mini-anthologies
that they might even charge to have
printed-on-demand
or google groups
could inject new life into netnews
(instead of bleeding it silly)
by encouraging netnews buffs
to 'promote' the best postings
and since these services
are more-or-less generalisable
perhaps a meta-web2.0-service
could supply customised mini-blogging
to sites that prefer not
to wrestle with it themselves...?
