What I Mean By Being An "Information Filter"

Jarred of Tropophilia has a unique response to a conversation started by Steven Hodson and one that I also supplied my thoughts about (see: Be A Great Human Information Filter). To quote Jarred’s post:
But Steve states that bloggers can be “most useful” by essentially filtering information for readers.  Our task, he says, is to master [...]

Be A Great Human Information Filter

Steven Hodson has an awesomesauce post on how bloggers are becoming news anchors in their own way. While he uses the term "gatekeepers", Frederic of The Last Podcast prefers "filters (but not gatekeepers)". Why the change in terms? Frederic notes:
However, our readers can get their information from a million different sources, so I don’t think [...]