Apr 17
Twitter and FriendFeed: The 2nd Filter
The breakthrough of Web 2.0 was the first filter. Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc. was where you went to find interesting links, filtered by (mostly) anonymous users. This was amazingly useful, but not quite as good as getting recommendations from people you know and trust.
Recently, I’ve found myself visiting these sites less and less. Not because they aren’t interesting anymore, but because a 2nd filter has popped up that’s even more useful.
Services like FriendFeed (and Twitter within that) add another layer of distillation by allowing you to track the activity of people you trust and respect.
Finding quality, relevant links just got even easier for people curious enough to take advantage of it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
This is definitely a step in the right direction. Aggregation + Filtering + Predictive Content + Predictive Friend Recommendations = Social Goodness