Digg This - Netscape is really taking off
I’ve been hitting up Netscape ever since it’s inception in Beta all the way through now, and some Netscape users are really excelling at building the site. Jason accepted the feedback, and adding in more features that are for the users. And just like a garden, the seeds are growing and the buds of Netscape are starting to grow.
I want reference one of the top posters, specifically TimALoftis, since he is a posting machine. As of my last count: 1,177 articles (links with a brief story), 544 comments (comments on a story), and 4,295 votes (a vote for a story, to rank it higher). By guesstimating, I say he has a good 20% higher contributions than anyone on Netscape. Which brings me to my next point.
A while back, Calacanis offered $1000/Mo. for “Netscape Navigators“. My conflict with that and TimALoftis, is that he should be compensated higher since he is the #1 contributor to Netscape. I think Jason should offer a curved compensation for his Navigators. I suggest that with his top Navigators to get an extra monthly bonus for being “Top 5″ or something along those lines. They deserve it. This comes back to “Loving your Users”, and it’s a business world, and last time I checked, Netscape was and is a for-profit business. You pay for better content, higher quality and higher volume. I’m no business major or anything but I know how I would reward my top contributors.
My main observation is that Netscape is letting “regulars” participate in Social Bookmarking by being accessiible and easy to use. Am I saying Digg is not? No, because I love Digg too - but how many people on Digg are not computer geeks? [...] Very few. How many of Netscape are just regulars on the Internet [...] a majority. The best part is that, Netscape is just one of the many Web 2.0 blogging tools out there to empower people behind the content, the commentary, and they can order what news goes to the top.
Finally one last kudos goes to Netscape’s Editorial staff. I have not seen any articles get unfairly pinned to the top, or unfairly “handicapped” to make it to the top section. 0.There was numerous Anti-Netscape and Anti-AOL postings that garnered many votes and comments and those; much like any other story made it to the top. How many Anti-Digg articles will make it to homepage before the editors kill it? [...] None. That is how Netscape “one-ups” Digg, the editorial [lack] of control. People control Netscape. Power to the people, and people will win.
What do you think of Netscape becoming a viable player in the Web 2.0 pool with Digg, Newsvine, and Reddit?
[tags]Netscape, Internet, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, Digg, Calacanis, Kevin Rose, AOL, Web 2.0[/tags]
Does quantity = quality here? If it doesn’t, then a tiered compensation structure won’t help.
Right - Quality always supercedes quantity with Social bookmarking sites. However; it comes to the point of letting individuals stand out, and get recognition. For example; If one posts 800 articles, they earn $1000 which is the same amount of someone who posts 200 articles. I would just give extra to the users who make an extra effort.
Quoting Waiting, “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary, is that little extra.”.
Followup - Where is the cool Netscape schwag that we all want. (At least I do) ??
No question that in Social Bookmarking, quality will always trump quantity. For that reason, I was very pleased that Jason went after the experience and top users from Digg, Newsvine, redditt and the other bookmarking sites. I am humbled by just having the opportunity to work along side each of them.
I also think that Netscape’s decision to use ‘Anchors’ was a brilliant one to say the least. All eight of them have shown not only very good judgement but extreme fairness as well.
Without question, Netscape will be a big and viable player in that vast web 2.0 pool.