We need to talk about "We Need to Talk About TED"
The question: how can one distinguish quality information from entertainment.
There's a fundamental problem with democratic voting processes and voting systems (such as reddit's own post and moderation processes[2] -- which are, in their defense, better than most) in assessing who's qualified to make a judgement -- and then, of course, in determining who's qualified to assess who's qualified.
And there's the question of what to value: originality, relevance, insight, agreement, correctness, humor, entertainment? Slashdot's moderation system allowed for indicating which of these a particular comment fell under, though both the moderation and presentation failed to clearly differentiate and classify among them.
A long-simmering essay finally half-baked.
