Seven days into my experiment on Friendfeed, I have begun to see some results. Some are good, some are bad. This post is highlighting just one of the negative effects of the experiment. I recently visited rssmeme.com leaderboard, and was shocked to see I am number 4. The experiment has 48 Google Reader shared feeds. Since I am the administrator of the room, it ties all the feeds shared in the room to me. At the time of writing this post, rssmeme shows me as sharing 2172 stories. In actuality I share about 15-20 stories from Google Reader a day. In no way was I intending to “game the system.”
This got me thinking about the other 4 people on the leader-board. It took a combined 48 Google Reader feeds to put me on the board. What about the other 4? There is no way one person alone can share all those stories in a 24 hour period without some sort of assistance. So the question is, how are they doing it?
The rest of the data from the experiment will be detailed and published soon.
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Don't forget that RSSmeme isn't Google Reader only anymore. They are also Digging those stories (http://blog.rssmeme.com/2008/06/rssmeme-expands...). But it's still 1 vote per person. Also; those stats get reset every month. Tonight at midnight everyone goes back down to 0.
Benjamin thank you, Until your comment I was not aware it's not just G Reader shares. I did not want it to come off like I was gaming the system, glad it's not perceived that way in any shape or form. This is proving to be a very interesting experiment to say the least. Regarding the reset of stats, this will reveal some interesting data about the experiment. A total number of stories shared in the room for 30 days, now I am really curious
Don’t forget that RSSmeme isn’t Google Reader only anymore. They are also Digging those stories (http://blog.rssmeme.com/2008/06/rssmeme-expands...). But it’s still 1 vote per person. Also; those stats get reset every month. Tonight at midnight everyone goes back down to 0.
Benjamin thank you, Until your comment I was not aware it’s not just G Reader shares. I did not want it to come off like I was gaming the system, glad it’s not perceived that way in any shape or form. This is proving to be a very interesting experiment to say the least. Regarding the reset of stats, this will reveal some interesting data about the experiment. A total number of stories shared in the room for 30 days, now I am really curious
Interesting start to your experiment. People are earning 80+ points a day to make the leaderboard.. I guess that's possible for someone who has the time or is it easy to digg a lot of stories, read your daily blogs and hit 80 points before you know it? to do that on a consistent basis seems challenging…
I look forward to reading the other conclusions you're drawing from this experiment.
Julian, agreed and thanks for you comment. These people must live on Digg 24/7 to get those numbers. It took the power of 50 combined feeds to get # 4 on the RSSmeme board. In terms of Google Reader, I find it hard that one person can alone can rank that high with out some manipulation of sorts, unless they live, breathe and eat Google Reader 24/7.
Interesting start to your experiment. People are earning 80+ points a day to make the leaderboard.. I guess that’s possible for someone who has the time or is it easy to digg a lot of stories, read your daily blogs and hit 80 points before you know it? to do that on a consistent basis seems challenging…
I look forward to reading the other conclusions you’re drawing from this experiment.
Julian, agreed and thanks for you comment. These people must live on Digg 24/7 to get those numbers. It took the power of 50 combined feeds to get # 4 on the RSSmeme board. In terms of Google Reader, I find it hard that one person can alone can rank that high with out some manipulation of sorts, unless they live, breathe and eat Google Reader 24/7.
interesting experiment, any update on it?