Yesterday I mentioned the problems with everyone catering to SEO strategies.
But I was just thinking about how on this blog-site, I can put my own tags on my entries. And then there's delicious, digg, etc., which are all about user tagging.
Maybe there is some truth to the theory that people-tagged content, not just algorithms, is the way of the future.
I subscribe for a number of auto-trawling emails that give me daily info on technology or specific companies, but there isn't a particularly good filtering system involved. Any time those companies are mentioned, the article appears in my email. No matter how minor or irrelevant. My favorites are the type of articles that say, Bill Gates, Microsoft founder did blah blah blah today. Considering I care about Microsoft but not him, its not so helpful.
I also subscribe to I Want Media, which as far as I can tell has a human filter. As in, the creator goes through and makes sure the content is right. This email is infinitely more useful than the trawlers, giving me 1-2 useful articles a day.
I don't think computers have beaten us yet.