I tried doing some searches in Digg but didn’t get any results with the search terms I used. Obviously no one there likes what I like, so I moved on to StumbleUpon. I did find some interesting sites there and clicked on the “I like It.” On a side panel you see people who like the pages you have found. Clicking on them brings up a profile of the person. Many of them give the name and age of the person and something about their interests, there is a profile picture, friends (people who like the same sites), there are also site reviews. I was reminded of Facebook when I saw this.
If I have understood correctly your search on these types of sites is limited to what people say they like/what’s popular/sites other people have added. It may be useful for meeting people with the same interests, like people who love libraries! I suppose it’s just another way of saying I like this or that and suggesting that other people have a look at what you like. It may save some time when searching for information on a certain topic but you would get a limited list of sites. I think it could be an amusing way to spend a bit of time.
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Yes it is a social way of looking at "news" through the community's eyes - the wisdom of the crowd.
I'm not so much a fan, because it reminds me too much of social bookmarking, which I think is great (but then I wrote that lunge...).
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