[whistle650]

Totally agree with this. Though I often want something similar but not necessarily “creative”. I’d like to be able to ask “show me blogs or discussions that are substantial about x”. x could be a scientific paper or something.

It is a question of search / discovery mechanisms. Mostly this kind of query is “satisfied” by things like Twitter. But I wish there were a good blog / discussion search engine. Those died a long time ago. As you say the results I am looking for only show up on lower pages in Google. Maybe there is a better search engine for that I don’t know about.

[TeMPOraL]

It really saddens me that the best way to get to actual research these days is via Twitter. It always feel like I'm forced to wade through a sea of manure because that's the only place you can find diamonds.

[petra]

>> the best way to get to actual research these days is via Twitter.

I'm usually disappointed from twitter search(unless it's for finding smart people, and endlessly browsing through their stream), how do you manage to get so much out of it?

[TeMPOraL]

I don't, that's my point. But apparently I'm supposed to, since for some reason everyone chooses Twitter as a platform for research discussion.