Gather – Editor Knows Best

In descending order, Gather highlights “editor’s picks”, “top rated articles” and “most read authors”. It’s interesting to see who comes first in the hierarchy.

Aggregation is a delicate mix of control and letting go. Somehow, with its Jackson Pollack array of sections topped off by a group of editor’s picks, Gather has managed to simultaneously err on the side of both extremes.

Lastly, I’m not sure why some bloggers have reacted so negatively to the use of categories. A number of sites effectively combine tags with pre-defined topics/categories (see squidoo and etsy). Certainly doesn’t seem like a mortal sin to me.