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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

What if Slashdot (or other

What if Slashdot (or other online communities…Usenet for example) instituted something like Epinions Web of Trust system? Instead of having to read through everything, a user could just read stuff posted by people they trust…and by people that those people trust. A Six Degreed, Epinioned Slashdot. Actually, if Deja were to implement something similar, Usenet might become almost, well, Usable(net).

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