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Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Mathew Ingram — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:29:28 -0000

I totally agree, Rob. For me, sometimes the headlines are the best part -- as good as The Onion and sometimes even better.

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Rob Hyndman — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:33:11 -0000

After hours of intensive research, I've concluded that Fark's secret sauce is the hilarious editorial contribution made to the stories posted - the Fark headlines are full of attitude and quite simply the best thing going. Great entertainment. I laughed, I cried.

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Markus — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:22:03 -0000

Drew its hard to get those kind of CPM's, but if you get that much revenue hook me up :)

At $8.00 CPM i'd be earning 18,000 * 8 = $144,000/day

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Drew Curtis — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:12:12 -0000

Great blog post -- I enjoyed it, thanks man.

I posted a bit about the money thing on a later thread on the article:

That per-month revenue projection is basically Fark selling 100% of
inventory at $8-$10 CPMs at its current traffic level. Thats where the
estimate comes from. Im not holding my breath. But we do have the traffic

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Mathew Ingram — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:21:28 -0000

Rob, you are definitely behind the times, my friend :-)

And Eric, thanks for the comment. You are right that Fark is a great example of the "less is more" design school -- as is Plentyoffish.com. As for my prognosis, I think we are kind of seeing some little bubbles already, but some of those will turn into actual businesses, while others will pop and disappear. I just wish I knew which ones would do which. :-)

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Eric Berlin — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:06:52 -0000

By the way, Fark seems to be the MySpace of the blogging world, doesn't it? People make fun of how sophomoric it is, how the design sucks, but meanwhile it gets over one million visitors a day, rules supreme on The Truth Laid Bear, etc.

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Eric Berlin — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:04:25 -0000

I read the biz 2.0 piece and have been following the subsequent buzz throughout the day. Prognostications for investing in blogs and user-gen content driven-properties seem to vary from the rosy (I'd throw the Business 2.0 piece into that category) to the very cautious.

What's your prognosis, Mathew? Will this investment fuel a "blogging bubble"?

Re: Forget Digg, what about Fark?

Rob Hyndman — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:58:59 -0000

Until your post I'd never even heard of Fark. Oy.