Because I was unable to go to Blogher, I didn't get a chance to hear Mary Hodder speak there (although she and I did have dinner in Paris a few months ago). I am eagerly awaiting the post that Mary mentioned today:

[from Napsterization]

After 45 minutes of intense anger and frustration from many audience speakers in the room toward Technorati link counts and top 100, I suggested we create a community based algorithm, based on more complex social relationships than links. It's something I've been working on for few months, trying to frame, about what this problem is and how we might solve it. But it's a complex issue and I'm also busy. So it's taken a while. However, my blog post is almost done, and I do plan to put it up in the next day or so.

That's one of the themes I hope that we will dig in on at the upcoming Symposium on Social Architecture.