Mare Nostrum

The big, fuzzy picture

Can someone explain the usefulness of this "Big Picture" view of C|Net content? I always want to know about related stories, but the whole "knowledge map" view seems even harder to figure out than just a list of links. I looked at their example, but the crazy-quilt of graphical connections doesn't seem more useful than just a link that says, "Click me to read more stories about Apple."

The What's Hot view seems slightly more useful. On the down side, it's not relevant to what I'm reading now, and it seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'm sure that the headline, "Cyberbullies scare schoolgirls into stripping online," feeds on itself. (Plus, need I say it? Ewwww...)