Decius wrote:
MemeStreams isn't successful as a business is because all you fucking nerds intimidate people. We've heard this from multiple sources. So, if you're out there, and you're intimidated, fuck you. Post. Post what you know. Post what matters to you. Post what makes your life interesting. Post things that have nothing to do with computers or law or any of the shit that we talk about. Post what you do for a living. Post what you do for fun. Post what burns your soul. If you were as dumb as you think you are you wouldn't be here. Don't let these fucking nerds intimidate you. I'll bet you could kick their asses anyway.

Just do it. Post. Post now. Don't be a wimp. Do it.

It's not just about intimidation -- it's about critical mass. I could post stuff and I've tried before -- all the nerd-centric junk I post isn't cool enough to get noticed and there's no incentive to post anything else -- if there is an audience for something that isn't technology or politics it's not visible.

It's not just about intimidation -- it's about the high opacity of how this place works. I have no idea what it takes to be on the front page, or what it means. When I'm looking at my agent how do I tell it that this article is of no worth to me and that I felt it was a waste of my time to even see it? All that aside, it isn't clear what difference it makes when I recommend an article to someone or even why I would (and on top of that do I push my own crap on other people or is the magical agent supposed to take care of that?). Let's hit that "why I would" real quick though. To use this site you have to know people here -- you have to have a group of friends that you feel comfortable sending articles to and that respond in kind. I know probably a half-dozen folks here well enough to hang out with and double that by name but there's no incentive for me to share stories with them. From my perspective this site isn't about interaction it's about random bits of information -- if it's supposed to be personal then I just don't understand how to use it. Maybe you're not targeting people that don't have the patience to understand memestreams, thats fine, just understand you'll always lose to digg in that case.

Anyway it's not intimidation -- it's a lot of things. There's a lot of work. That being said I keep coming back (on the order of two or three times every few weeks) so it has some kind of draw. *shrug*

-R

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