Embracing the power user
April 1st, 2009
Unlike Digg, Fark embraces the power user
Digg’s opinion of power users is quite obvious. A user’s activity on the site is encouraged until he participates (by Digging or commenting) too much — and then the amount of activity allowed is restricted.
So, it’s quite interesting to hear that Fark takes a completely different approach to its power users. The site embraces them. According to the article, “about ‘20 to 30 people submit about 80% of the stories’ you’ll see on the Fark front page.”
That’s huge. That means Fark trusts those users.
But is it unfair? Does a limited number of power submitters also mean limited content? Or is Fark simply acknowledging that certain people have better taste?
You decide.
