The evolution of networking: How Legit

Im back, after a long but uneventful Labor Day weekend. I think that it was this break that has inspired my latest entry. I had an uninterrupted opportunity to browse the web and explore several sites that I had previously planned on visiting in a systematic pattern (which I probably will still attempt to do--for the sake of classification!)

So among my latest discovery is a site called Howlegit.com. The concept is not exceptionally unique, but it does allow the user to interface with the content in a way that, up to now, has not been seen before.

In a nutshell, the user decides whether the content is accurate or "legit" or whether or not its hype. Its definitely appropriate that this format would be debuted in an entertainment website; after all, other than politics no other information category seems to be more convoluted and misdirected.

Whats interesting is that this seems to be the primary intent of most social bookmarking, and social news sites--to provide access to the most information, unfiltered and allow the user to decide what they feel is relevant. The beauty of this site is that it provides a platform to discuss a particular category; compared to other sites, the focus is very narrow. The exhaustive nature of most sites can be overwhelming, unfortunately, but sites with a specific focus tends to allow users to peruse through the content and be able to keep it in context. The site is far from perfected, but as the next step in the use of social networking to access information, I believe we might be witnessing a developing trend.