Thing 12.3 Do You Digg? StumbleUpon

For the Challenge I created an account in StumbleUpon and -- oops, gotta go
--- wabi sabi (had to take the 15 year-old to his performance thing)
Home again I downloaded a toolbar and then -- finally -- up came the glory of StumbleUpon and this is the first page it brought me! My heart was won. I took a breath and went on.
How about this one?
Now this StumbleUpon has amazing soothing and stimulating power. Yeah for Library 2.0 !

Thing 12.2 Do You Digg? Blog Prompts

I joined Digg and Mixx. And spent a couple of hours checking both out. The 23 Things instructions for this Thing suggests that libraries might be affected by this kind of social media site in the areas of reference questions and requests for further information. That doesn't ring true in my thinking. Just my opinion. These are browsing places. As for these type of site assisting us in "being in the know"? Again, I don't think so. This is all so broad, wide not deep. 23 Things asks "Do these tools seem to be a productivity enhancer or a productivity detractor?" I have a headache like I've been in the waiting room with a stack of magazines that had little content and less substance. For me. I'd love to hear something more positive about this Thing. Just my window -- let me know what I missed.

Thing 12.1 Do You Digg?

So it seems like a internet version -- user driven -- of USA Today? Social media - the popular stuff -- common to many of us -- the front page (sorted by sections - if you want) of papers everywhere. Sort of the way the strip mall is common to almost all American towns? Am I getting a better understanding of it? Following are their definitions of what they do.

Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users

Reddit: User-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.

Updated continuously by citizens like you, Newsvine is an instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment.

Mixx is your link to the web content that really matters. You find it; we'll Mixx it.

Use YourMixx to tailor the content categories, tags, specific users and groups, and we'll deliver the top-rated content as chosen by you and people who share your passions. So go ahead and whip up your own version of the web. Just tell us how you like it Mixxed and we'll deliver the best the web has to offer.