"... How about figuring it out by reading the answers and analyzing them? Using my brain to critically assess what people tell me has always worked for me ..."
Sure you can. But is there a better way? Can your way scale? Will your brainpower & intelligence be recorded and replayed for others?
Look at it another way. Would you take this approach to evaluating other types of information, links for example? Would you make a list of all the good websites and organising them for others to read? Or would you organise links utilising computers, software & inferred information form humans to do the same thing.
Would you make a list of all the good websites and organising them for others to read?
Aren't you posting on a site that does just that? Manual contributions of stuff that people found interesting? Or were you thinking more of something like bookmarks in my web browser?
Sure you can. But is there a better way? Can your way scale? Will your brainpower & intelligence be recorded and replayed for others?
Look at it another way. Would you take this approach to evaluating other types of information, links for example? Would you make a list of all the good websites and organising them for others to read? Or would you organise links utilising computers, software & inferred information form humans to do the same thing.
Yahoo vs Google?