Is MemeStreams another Slashdot?
People often ask this question. At first glance MemeStreams looks a little like Slashdot because the main page of both sites present you with a list of 10 articles with discussions attached to them. However, that is where the similarities end. Slashdot covers stories of a technical nature chosen by a staff of editors. MemeStreams covers every topic, and the top stories are chosen democratically by the members of the site. Every MemeStreams user has a web log in which they recommend articles that they think are interesting. Each of those recommendations is a vote for which articles are displayed on the site’s main page. The threads in Slashdot are moderated by a system called Karma. Karma provides a global view of what the top posts are. Everyone sees the same top posts in a given thread. MemeStreams has a reputation system, which takes your perspective into account. The MemeStreams Agent uses the reputation system to provide you with a selection of stories that are chosen by the people
