I am 344, hear me roar

Feedster launched the Feedster Top 500 setting a new standard for length, the first salvo in the size matters war of microcontent.

Kidding, but they should be commended for providing an inclusive process for otherwise exclusive outcome, by both opening the algorthim and being open for feedback on a wiki page.  An index is a reflection of a community, and the more inclusive and open the process for it's creation, the more we trust it and grant it authority.

Mary Hodder's latest activist wiki, topicindex, is a Community Algorithm project to open the engine of attention.  Given the importance of rankism, it's worth paying attention to.  My hope is this does more than shift the debate from ranks to clouds (see also: conversational clouds), but gives us the tools to seed our own.