The Common Craft Show explains social media as public places where people can share their information and then everyone can select what they like best. This way the information submitted can be shared, rated, and discussed, and the submitter gets feedback on what people liked or disliked about it.
I looked at Digg. Each news article submitted has a count of “diggs,” or positive votes. You have to join Digg in order to vote. You can customize your view. For example, you can opt out of categories you are not interested in, such as celebrity news. Then you can comment on the articles. You can follow the activity of your friends on Digg. You can put some information about yourself on your Digg profile and this can be controlled by adjusting your privacy settings.
I browsed this list of articles for a while and then realized that I was only interested in reading about 5 to 10 percent of the articles I saw listed. My sense is that this is a big time waster because the majority of the stories are trivial. I have to agree with the comments posted for this Thing by my co-worker, Hello World.
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