Care2

So, I have become active in a web discussion on www.care2.com
First and foremost, this is a VERY good site-check it out if you are at all interested in changing the direction of our nation and our world. I didn't find a whole lotta groups that I wanted to join and discuss on, but the DNC (Democrats) have one that I posted on. the current discussion is about "reverse discrimination"-here is a link to my 2 cents...http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=51&pst=1072094
Someone actually responded! I even got a green star! (their equivalent of a gold star)

I have a lot of experience with a BBS type of thing. I lurked and participated on some BBSs in the mid to late 1990's and early 2000's with topics as diverse as hacking, hippy living, and gourmet cooking. Technically, these things do not fall under the guise of "Web 2.0", but I believe they were the forerunners to social networing sites. They were the begining of people using the web for more than just research, but actually interacting. At times, the discussions I was in got very heated, heh, partially because of me. I wasn't a "troll" or a "flamer" but I definately fanned a few flames. It was an easy stretch to get in on a discussion about politics. I actually just posted another post about "our" war-being the war within Democrats, heh, very fanning.

I like discussion groups. I like the exchange of ideas within some perameters of a topic. This makes sense-given the chance my idea of a good evening is coffee and good conversation.

del.ici.ous - eh...

So I just used Del.ici.ous for tagging some websites. I dunno, if I were to have to do some research on the web that did not have any restrictions to academic article, then this site is ok. I mean, I guess one could get on the site and do a search for something they are trying to research and see what other people have found, but I am a pretty start-from-scratch kinda guy. I would much rather start by Googling the term, and seeing what it comes up with. As far as I understand the concept of Google, aren't the results rated by how many other links there are to that particular page-or something to that effect? So doesn't Google already do what del.ici.ous does? It doesn't make sense to me to refine the search that much, thus limiting the results one finds. This may be slower, but more precise and more encompassing.

On the whole I see the value of del.ici.ous, but just not for me. I think I'll probably delete the tag button after this class is finished.