Comments on: The power of human filtering http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/ Alex Miller's technical blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:50 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: JavaDonkey http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-4453 JavaDonkey Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:31:35 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/#comment-4453 I think dzone already provides some nice human filtering... such as with the comments. Also, this whole idea of actual humans ranking the value of a page is making a big impression on the web giants such as yahoo. I saw a TV appearance by one of the main Yahoo guys (don't remember his name) and he stated that the future of search engines is really going to be focused on more human interaction and responses so that the community of surfers decides what pages are important instead of algorithms. I think dzone already provides some nice human filtering… such as with the comments. Also, this whole idea of actual humans ranking the value of a page is making a big impression on the web giants such as yahoo. I saw a TV appearance by one of the main Yahoo guys (don’t remember his name) and he stated that the future of search engines is really going to be focused on more human interaction and responses so that the community of surfers decides what pages are important instead of algorithms.

]]> By: 3monkeys » For Alex and Mike and the Passing of Erik’s Linkblog http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-4428 3monkeys » For Alex and Mike and the Passing of Erik’s Linkblog Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:38:31 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/#comment-4428 [...] A few bloggers are lamenting about the passing of Erik’s Linkblog. So Alex and Mike I give you a some reprieve and offer this bit of code you can insert into your own blog. While it is not Erik’s link blog, at least you can get your fix of daily Java articles. [...] [...] A few bloggers are lamenting about the passing of Erik’s Linkblog. So Alex and Mike I give you a some reprieve and offer this bit of code you can insert into your own blog. While it is not Erik’s link blog, at least you can get your fix of daily Java articles. [...]

]]> By: Rick Ross http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-4415 Rick Ross Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:31:11 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/#comment-4415 Erik and I have become good friends over the years, and his unique combination of boundless energy and insight always produced an unparalled stream of link goodness. But rather than lament, I urge all of his fans to follow his example by PARTICIPATING in the human filtering that is going on all day, every day at sites like DZone and Reddit. All it takes is a few minutes devoted to casting votes in the queue of upcoming links, and you'll be amazed at how much power and influence your votes can have in selecting which links get promoted. If you want better links, then you have to give a little to get them, but it really is just a little. Don't lament - VOTE! DO it now, do it again later, make it a habit. Take the leap from the 99% who are absolutely passive consumers into the 1% who make it work for everyone else. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the good results you get. Cheers, Rick Erik and I have become good friends over the years, and his unique combination of boundless energy and insight always produced an unparalled stream of link goodness.

But rather than lament, I urge all of his fans to follow his example by PARTICIPATING in the human filtering that is going on all day, every day at sites like DZone and Reddit.

All it takes is a few minutes devoted to casting votes in the queue of upcoming links, and you’ll be amazed at how much power and influence your votes can have in selecting which links get promoted. If you want better links, then you have to give a little to get them, but it really is just a little.

Don’t lament – VOTE! DO it now, do it again later, make it a habit. Take the leap from the 99% who are absolutely passive consumers into the 1% who make it work for everyone else. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the good results you get.

Cheers,
Rick

]]> By: Mike Kaufman http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-4394 Mike Kaufman Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:22:16 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/#comment-4394 Alex, Yes, I agree with you - it's the knowledgeable human filtering (and maybe adding of context) that is the valuable missing element. The volume has become too much for human filtering (at least on a part-time, unpaid basis) but automated ranking, filtering etc doesn't seem smart enough yet. Maybe newspapers and magazines weren't such a bad concept after all... Cheers, Mike Alex,

Yes, I agree with you – it’s the knowledgeable human filtering (and maybe adding of context) that is the valuable missing element. The volume has become too much for human filtering (at least on a part-time, unpaid basis) but automated ranking, filtering etc doesn’t seem smart enough yet. Maybe newspapers and magazines weren’t such a bad concept after all…

Cheers, Mike

]]> By: daniel http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-4389 daniel Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:45:18 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/06/20/the-power-of-human-filtering/#comment-4389 Well, automatic filtering seems to be one of <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/jmxetc/entry/the_joys_of_web_2" rel="nofollow">the joys of Web 2.0</a> :-) Cheers, -- daniel Well, automatic filtering seems to be one of the joys of Web 2.0 :-)

Cheers, — daniel

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