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posted ago by Stallion ago by Stallion +5284 / -1

Call it the network effect, crowdsourcing, whatever. Its the only thing that Twitter really has to offer - lotsa people posting lotsa stuff, and you can get it before the "news media" gets around to it (if at all) But here, we've achieved the same thing. If there's a rumor, I come here immediately. If it's breaking news, I come here straightaway. THE DOT WIN ROCKS!

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redmoose 1 point ago +1 / -0

All you need to know about why this works can be found in this experiment

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Network_Challenge