ON A NEW GAME OF TELEPHONE

MAKING THE ROUNDS

One of the unintended side-effects of services like Techmeme is how stories get passed along, commented on, and morphed up and down the discussion chain.

Whether it's this morning's discussion on the valuation of TechCrunch, or the valuation of Facebook on any other day, it's now possible to see the chain of comments as never before.

It's the old game of Telephone, done Web 2.0 style (image source).

And unlike the traditional game of Telephone, where the players remain somewhat anonymous, this game is played in full view, and for posterity.

Ain't the internet grand?