Is the Social Bookmarking Era Starting to End?

We've noticed that LOTS of people are selling, buying and trading votes and "SU thumbs ups". I thought that social bookmarking sites will just be filled with sites which have been voted for by paid voters, and they will not serve their purpose any more (which is to let the people know which sites are the most interesting ones).

Read this article on social bookmarking and let me know what you think.

 

I don't think social bookmarking sites will just go away, but they will definately need to evolve to counter paid voters.

 

They won't go away just like that, but people might stop using them if every site under the "what's hot" list is there because of paid voters.

 

Paid voters are still in the minority

 

But there numbers are increasing... xD

 

Social bookmarking is very important for traffic and it will never go away.

 

He is not saying anything about traffic he is just trying say that because of paid voters social book marking sites are unable to get real sites on top rather people just pay and get their crappy sites on top which in no way is a good idea.

 

Agree, but it's not that that important.

 

Exactly my point. It's good to know that someone understood it...

 

I don't think that they will disappear, they will have to get with the times and adjust to the trends.

 

If social bookmarking ends something else will replace it. I don't think that is coming soon thou.

 

Social Book Marking is another source of traffic generation

 

Social book marking is great, I hope it doesn't go away!

 

They will not die but will come up with the new trick how to prevent those paid voting people.

 

No, it's just the beginning and they'll continue to grow.