I subscribe to Daypop top 10 news in my favorite RSS aggregator. I've been somewhat suspicious of what comes across the feed though.
Today, half of the top 10 pointed to Salon section fronts, e.g. Salon.com Books. What gives? Is Salon really that popular amongst bloggers?
Digging through the citations I discovered that all of the references came from Salon blogs. The default template for the service links to those section fronts.
This puts a bit of a damper on the "collective wisdom of bloggers" trope kicking around. Granted this is probably a case of initial conditions (not enough input), but if people are going to be seriously relying on Daypop or similar services there's a lot of room for improvement.
Duck as people start firing off "So do better!"