Comments on: What about via: via: link economies?

By: James Governor’s Monkchips » A Memo That Clarifies the Microsoft Yahoo bid

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:48:49 +0000

[...] context of the search is far more valuable than the search itself. I have spoken before about the via: via: economy - word of mouth referrals in the delicious age. That is what Microsoft is buying into and planning to build upon. They should obviously jump in [...]

By: Roo Reynolds - What’s Next? » Blog Archive » Attribution and Assimilation

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:24:05 +0000

[...] long-windedly setting out here, and tend to do in del.icio.us using via: tags (though not yet via:via:)) is sometimes more interesting and useful than the original source. That way we get to see the [...]

By: Mark Wahl

Mark Wahl — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:40:18 +0000

“Could we use via:via:tags, somehow?” A problem that seems to immediate arise is the non-uniqueness of names. Alice sends resource to Bob. Bob sends to Carol. Carol tags resource as “via:alice via:bob”. Carol sends resource to Dave. Dave knows another person name Alice who Dave frequently cites, and another person named Bob who Dave frequently cites. Dave tags the resource as “via:someotheralice via:someotherbob via:carol”, for if Dave tagged the resource as “via:alice via:bob via:carol” might give the wrong people credit.

By: dave shields

dave shields — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:23:57 +0000

Via: just your source. That’s the new information.

By: Ric

Ric — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:04:28 +0000

In the absence of specific support from del.icio.us, maybe the nested via: tags would approximate the chain (unless it gets too long …). I think anything more appropriate would need some under-the-cover work. I have in the past used “via:bushwald via:jgovernor” when tagging something that I got from Cote, and he got from you, but maybe “via:bushwald via:via:jgovernor” would be clearer, albeit unwieldy? or maybe “via:bushwald:jgovernor” (although that makes it more difficult for an app to parse your contribution)?