Tech Memeorandum (TMD) is great, I am really hooked and have been since Scoble pointed it out some time ago.

But I think it is actually changing what I read and what I blog. I suspect I'm not the only one, I would imagine throughout the 'Tech blogospere' this effect may be prevalent.

The trouble is that TMD is ,I believe, actually interfering with the system it is reacting to. In a systems engineering analysis I would surmise that TDM was actually providing positive feedback into the blogoshpere. This could have side effects such as stretching the long tail further and amplifying the A-lister's hump at the other end. Thus TDM is other wise know in systems engineering circles as an amplifier, suffering from clipping side effects (to much gain from the positive feedback on particular posts).

Perhaps some negative feedback and damping needs to be applied in order to return our beloved serendipity (whilst keeping TDM). I am sure Gabe has such plans in the pipeline, does anyone else feel the same way or have any suggestions for a fix ? Any black box system engineers up for a challenge?

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