Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Why Slashdotters slashdot
A Harvard Kennedy School of Government Study called "The Hype vs. Reality vs. What People Value: Emerging Collaborative News Models and the Future of News" analyzes why people participate in sites like Slashdot and Digg, and what they do there:
* mostly young and male, especially those who visit technology-related sites.Link (Thanks, Dan!)
* very active in their use of the sites.
* looking for "a fix of unique, informative fun."
* and "filling in the blanks" left by traditional news sources.
* sharing what they know.
* looking for and finding multiple perspectives.
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