RE: [syndication] An Open Letter of Mindless Blathering

[dave.cantrell@gunter.af.mil]

>Yes, true, but if that's was 100% of the case, then epinions.com would 
>never have grown as popular as it has. Sure, I could trust Friend B's 
>opinion about a movie, but if I knew that the last movie he chose was a 
>stinker, I'll poke around on the 'net (I don't have a lot of friends <g>) 
>to see what other people have said.

Another good point made. Such systems should allow for a "web of trust" but
also be flexible enough to support external discovery. Bad to force people
to only discover through "trust" -- what if I don't trust other people's
decisions? I don't have time to review everybody's choices and decide who I
agree and disagree with. I don't even participate in Amazon's "did you find
this review useful?" doohickies because I perceive it as a waste of my time.

BTW, is "web of trust" an eBay or Jakob Nielsen term? can't recall?

-dave