Socially that is. Seems Chris Pirillo and a few others at Gnomedex to have a little “social experiment” with TechMeme. I have to admit, it is slightly funny in a High School prank kinda way.
Of course on the other hand, it has potential to undermine the reliability of TechMeme. It also should serve as a reminder to all of us that TechMeme is not the end-all of sources. It is what it is. Merely a aggregation of some of the more popular bloggers and blogs in the tech field. I still check it regularly, but exclusivity precludes it from being my main source of information. I prefer my bloglines for that. Sure, it’s still exclusive because it’s only certain blogs, but I have control over what blogs I read. I’m not depending on the whims of a bunch of bloggers at a conference who take it upon themselves to point TechMeme in one direction.
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