Last week, Netscape flashed a teaser of the upcoming version 9 of its browser. Details are few, but what is most exciting to me about this release is that they’re touting integration with their social news site. This is something that many a social news junkie has lusted after for use with sites like Digg, […]
The community manager for The Huffington Post’s HuffIt social news site just sent out a friendly email to new users. Apparently we can look forward to the most popular news on HuffIt to be featured on the front page of the main site next week.
As well, they gave a shout out to the site’s most […]
I just noticed something kind of funny. Go to Google, type in “digg clone site” (without quotes) and hit the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button.
Good times.
On Friday, The Huffington Post quietly slid their foot in the door of socially driven news by launching a public beta of HuffIt. Insert obligatory glue-huffing joke here.
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Recently, Mu implored upon the Netscape community to not abuse the site-mail feature. I agree with Mu. Site-mail has been integral in putting the “social” in “social news” on Netscape. But there is a fine line between being social and being a nuisance. Mass site-mailing every submission you make to everyone on your friend list […]
People often ask me what drew me to the world of social news. This is a question that has more possible answers now than when I started using Digg. Some of the answers also provide insights as to why it is so hard to stop participating in social news once you’ve started.
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The social aspects of sites like Digg, Netscape and Newsvine often provide the most rewarding experiences of the site. Being social is also a sure-fire way to move up the rankings and gain respect within the communities. There is a point, however, where being social can be construed as gaming the site. So where does […]
With a new year comes new opportunities and a chance to set goals for the year to come. Here is a grab-bag of new year’s resolutions for Netscapers, Diggers, Redditers, etc. If everyone took on a couple of these, the world of socially driven news would be a better place by the end of 2007.
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