In their recent announcement about Newsrooms, Digg stated, "We hope this [leaderboard] visibility will create transparency around who is Digging and burying content, as well as highlight users who read stories before Digging them.
Besides the implications for personal and business transparency, it looks like Google should worry about social media stealing some of its market share. Facebook & MySpaceConnect: Good Idea or Social Media Catastrophe?
In "Social Media = Society's Watchdog," we discussed how social media's transparency affects both personal and business behavior. In a nutshell, both MySpace Data Availability and FacebookConnect will soon let users' personal information follow...
Erik Qualman notes that, besides the implications for personal and business transparency, it looks like Google should worry about social media stealing some of its market share. Both MySpace Data Availability and FacebookConnect will soon let...