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 ==== NASCAR of Sharing ====
-Beth uses Digg.com to share all her links but the [http://icanhascheezburger.com/ LOL Cat site] she likes doesn't include a "digg this" link as one of it's service.
+Content producers are mostly interested in getting page views and use the social network link sharing to help promote their content.
-John needs to scan through a [http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/files/2010/11/social-icons.png long list of icons] for various services he's never heard of to find the service he uses.  Each site lists the services differently so he always needs to hunt for the service he uses.
+http://mozillalabs.com/messaging/files/2010/11/social-icons.png
-On the other side of the coin site designers must either include all the icons of all possible (of an infinitely expanding list of) services to create a "NASCAR" effect or limit to a few popular services.
+One way of handling this issue is to try including as many social networks as possible.  Various sites and 3rd party services will help by providing super buttons that contain many of the social networking platforms sorted by usage.
+When the browser knows what link sharing services a user prefers it could provide a hint that only certain services appear to reduce the set of all possible networks to all networks users have accounts with.
+==== The Long Tail ====
+Certain content providers use a small static list of link sharing services for reasons of design and space.  Even when providers offer a long list of services it does not get updated at the pace at which new services are created.
+To support the long tail of services and encourage new types of link sharing services we need to work to remove the static list of services which are usually only pointing to the largest providers.
+==== Content Providers Pickle ====
+Most content providers do not want to be in the position of choosing which services user can use to share links to the site.  Currently it's the content providers who are put in the position of choosing the services users can easily use to share a site by choosing what share buttons are placed on pages.
+Content providers shouldn't have to worry about keeping up with the [[#The_Long_Tail|long tail]] of services or need to provide [[#NASCAR_of_Sharing|all choices of networks]] to encourage their content being shared.
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