oddsod - 5:56 pm on Jul 23, 2007 (gmt 0)

DMOZ alternative - why not?

DMOZ alternative - why?

No, seriously, why do we need anything like a DMOZ? There was a time people found sites via search and directories. Then they moved on. When did you last use DMOZ to find a product/service/info? I use flickr to find images, youtube to find video, technorati/digg etc to find tech related stuff, webmaster forums to find answers to development related matters, various price comparison engines, ebay, weather channels, wikipedia etc. and other sites to find other specific information; some people use places like myspace or craigslist for a lot of their searches... But info also comes via a plethora of subscription emails, RSS feeds, podcasts and SMS.

I bet there are more people editing DMOZ than using it to find sites. My question therefore is: Why?

[edited by: oddsod at 5:59 pm (utc) on July 23, 2007]