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So ever since I found out about jyte on Wednesday or so, I've been intrigued by the simplicity of the system for keeping up with who said what and who agreed with them. There's also a "cred" feature, whereby users can enhance the credibility of other users (currently manifested in the radius of a purple dot).

There are several reasons this system appeals to me:

1.) I can post ideas that are too short for a blog:


2.) I can get stupid and/or brilliant ideas off my mind and let other people worry about the implementation:


3.) I can quickly gauge the state of public opinion, albeit in a small, skewed sample:


4.) It's a great demonstration of the potential of OpenID for social networks, prediction markets, and all that. You can make claims about other users (for good or ill):


So basically, I've staked my claim on some of the dumbest things said on the web in the last few days. More than anyone else in fact; the only users with nearly as many claims as me are the ones who launched the site in the first place.