Dilbert on news aggregators
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Dilbert on news aggregators
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Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#2It made me laugh, but it's too broad of a generalization.
Some news aggregators really add value. They drive traffic and stimulate interesting discussion. They make it easier to get opposing viewpoints on the same topic.
I wonder if Scott Adams has a chip on his shoulder because of the effect aggregators have on old media, his bread-and-butter. I find it hard to imagine XKCD labeling all news aggregators as parasites.
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#3http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2009-11-17/
A link to the minimal version of the site (no flash etc.)
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
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Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#5It wou- ld have been funni- er with- out break- ing words
Hyphenation improves readability tremendously. It's a time-honored practice whose results have been proven repeatedly.
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#6I'm showing my personal bias, of course. I just launched a business/economic social news site called http://newsley.com.
But, far from being parasites, social news sites expose readers to a much greater cross section of news than a local newspaper ever could. And, a well moderated social news site like Hacker News or a heavily filtered reddit is much more useful than an editor could ever be. There's still a whole lot of room for news aggregation/content crap filtration online. Social News is just getting started.
But then, I'm probably preaching to the choir here on HN. :)
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#7It wou- ld have been funni- er with- out break- ing words
Yes, there is a certain irony in words being broken only because they need to fit within the rigid printing parameters of the newspaper medium he's trying to defend.
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#8This was more sad than funny.
I like Dilbert but Scott Adams seems unpleasantly wed to the past.
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#9I'm showing my personal bias, of course. I just launched a business/economic social news site called http://newsley.com . But, far from being parasites, social news sites expose readers to a much greater cross section of news than a local newspaper ever could. And, a well moderated social news site like Hacker News or a heavily filtered reddit is much more useful than an editor could ever be. There's still a whole lo…
On newsley, I don't think making the description a link is a good idea. Digg does this too and I find it very annoying as I'll accidentally click it sometimes (for example, if I want to copy and paste it). I'd also suggest making the description text a lighter color so the titles stand out a bit more.
Re: Dilbert on news aggregators
#10I'm showing my personal bias, of course. I just launched a business/economic social news site called http://newsley.com . But, far from being parasites, social news sites expose readers to a much greater cross section of news than a local newspaper ever could. And, a well moderated social news site like Hacker News or a heavily filtered reddit is much more useful than an editor could ever be. There's still a whole lo…
On newsley, I don't think making the description a link is a good idea. Digg does this too and I find it very annoying as I'll accidentally click it sometimes (for example, if I want to copy and paste it). I'd also suggest making the description text a lighter color so the titles stand out a bit more.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm working on making some design changes to the site. Changing the color of the description text is a good idea.
And, thanks for the input on changing the description text to make it unclickable. I'll have to think that one through a bit.