radical_edward wrote:
] Jeremy wrote:
]
] ] Memestreams is a core Internet technology.
]
] What is that supposed to mean? I mean that seriously, not
] maliciously or sarcastically.

[ I presume him to mean that Memestreams' reputation-based categorization represents a mechanism by which internet communications can be given credibility. A random web site has none -- a web site which has been reccomended to you by 5 or 6 friends or associates whose judgement you trust has some. Memestreams attaches credibility to sites based on the personalities who have submitted it, read it, commented on it.

I think there's a lot to this idea -- i think the kind of order it imposes on the flood of publications represents the best solution to filtering junk from jewels. Theoretically it could be extended to a behind the scenes protocol for reputation aggregation -- I'm sure Decius and Rattle could discuss it with more erudition than I -- point being, it's the future, or, anyway, *a* possible future, and it's promising... -k]

RE: Behind the Rise of Google Lies the Rise in Internet Credibility