For a while now, Netscape Anchors have been producing video casts that report on all types of events such as movie reviews, ComicCon and IFA. Today, with very little fanfare, Netscape rolled out support for a proprietary syndicated online video format. The video below is an example:
If you watch through to the end of the […]
Digg seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place. Following the recent controversy where their top users were virtually tarred and feathered, they promptly issued a statement that they are planning to make changes which will serve to maintain a level playing field for all users. This statement caused many of Digg’s […]
Wired interviewed me regarding the recent controversy on Digg.
I just wanted to re-iterate the most important point I can think to make on this topic: keep your eye on the ball. The ball, in this case, being the content.
Don’t bury submissions based on who submitted them. You aren’t solving anything by doing that. If you […]
Mark this day on your calendar, folks. This is the day when the division between Digg’s top 100 users and the other 499,900 users was pushed far enough for Kevin Rose to actually weigh in on the issue. The result? User p9s50W5k4GUD2c6 has said goodbye to Digg. In a comment on a submission by Kevin […]
Good news, everyone. Soon we wont have to select which category a story goes in when submitting to Digg.
I posted a story on Digg yesterday for the first time in what feels like forever. You can check it out here. Oh wait, no you can’t. Why? Because it’s topic changed without warning.
I emailed their support […]
After having used Netscape heavily for over a month now, I have noticed numerous differences between it and Digg. One such difference is that Netscape does not have a method for users to mark stories as lame. Anchors have the final say on when a story is removed from the system. This is pretty key […]
User Scott-O-Rama on Netscape asked me if I would make a FeedBurner FeedFlare that lets people submit items from their feeds to Netscape. What a great idea!
I have created a FeedBurner FeedFlare which adds a link that reads “Submit To Netscape” to your feed items. When it is clicked, it submits your item to Netscape […]
