Finding read-worthy material in the endless vat of news sites, blogs, wikis, reviews and tweets that now clog the arteries of the internet has become increasingly difficult as the number of internet users around the globe approaches 2 billion.
How do I sort through the slush?! Where is all the good stuff, the meat, the substance, [...]
Overview: The nachos bell grande of social news sites, Digg is a force that cannot be ignored in the social media realm.
Defined: Created in October of 2004, Digg’s popularity has skyrocketed with now an anticipated 3 million plus users. Nothing quite compares to the power of this beast. Like most other social news sites, Digg [...]
I can’t believe how often I now hear the word twitter throughout my day anymore; from the local National Public Radio station telling me to ‘follow them on twitter,’ to local news networks boasting about how they are now tweeting, even my 50 something year old boss chats up her tweeting savviness. Every blog and [...]
Overview: Another social news site with more customizable features than McDonald’s. This site can effectively combine as many news channels as you can handle.
Defined: Newsvine was launched in 2005 and acquired by MSNBC in 2007, a social news site that implores users to ‘get smarter’ by submitting, writing, and commenting on news stories. Newsvine has [...]
Overview: Tip’d is a niche social news aggregation site with a specific focus on financial news, tips, and ideas.
Defined: Relatively new on the social media scene, Tip’d was launched in September of 2008 to inform and engage investing newbies and gurus alike. Similar to digg, reddit, mixx, Newsvine, Propeller, and others, Tip’d users can comment [...]
Overview: A direct competitor to digg and reddit, Mixx is a customizable social news site that combines social networking and social bookmarking together to provide the most quality and relevant internet articles. While much younger and less popular than its competitors, Mixx has a number of unique features that make it a worthy foe of [...]
