Why memeorandum is kind of lame

For a while now I’ve been telling people like Robert Scoble that I think Memeorandum is lame and overrated. It reinforces the worst cheerleading elements of the political blogosphere and rewards the intellectually empty “Heh. Indeed.” school of commentary.

So it should come as no surprise that I agree with this post: Why memeorandum is kind of lame. What is surprising, however, is that the post was written by Gabe Rivera, who runs Memeorandum. He says Memeorandum is about to change, big time.

OK, I’m willing to take another look. Meanwhile, I still think the Daou Report at Salon.com (premium subscription or watch-an-ad daily pass required) is more interesting, easier to scan, and much more valuable if you really want to get outside your own echo chamber.

One thought on “Why memeorandum is kind of lame

  1. Good, I think one more look will be warranted. Or maybe two, to improve your sample size, given the variability in how interesting the headlines can be!

    One way to look at the upcoming site is that I’m trying to introduce various human-blogger behaviors into the robot, so that it avoids alot of the problems I outlined. It’s still not human, and can’t do everything Peter Daou can do, but it can do other things Peter Dauo cannot, like plow through zillion different posts on an emerging story in a few minutes, highlighting 5 of interest.

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