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Newsvine is a community-driven website devoted to cataloging and prioritizing the news. The site aims at being a one-stop portal for all your news, derived from many separate news sources. It is fundamentally divided between "The Wire" and the "The Vine." "The Wire" is a direct pipe-line to stories written by the [[AP.org| Associated Press]] and [[ESPN.com| ESPN]]. "The Vine" is news tagged and uploaded by the Newsvine community, including articles written by community members themselves. Many of these are "seeded links" which contain a blurb of the article, a permalink, and a forum for discussion. | Newsvine is a community-driven website devoted to cataloging and prioritizing the news. The site aims at being a one-stop portal for all your news, derived from many separate news sources. It is fundamentally divided between "The Wire" and the "The Vine." "The Wire" is a direct pipe-line to stories written by the [[AP.org| Associated Press]] and [[ESPN.com| ESPN]]. "The Vine" is news tagged and uploaded by the Newsvine community, including articles written by community members themselves. Many of these are "seeded links" which contain a blurb of the article, a permalink, and a forum for discussion. | ||
| + | ====Why You'll Find the News You Want==== | ||
In order to deliver the most relevant news, Newsvine employs an algorithm that for each article processes the number of votes, number of views, freshness, and other factors and then ranks the article. | In order to deliver the most relevant news, Newsvine employs an algorithm that for each article processes the number of votes, number of views, freshness, and other factors and then ranks the article. | ||
Newsvine is searchable by tags or text, or you can use the various tabs which organize recent news into local, national, worldwide, sports, tech, entertainment, and several others. The front page also breaks news up into top stories, top seeds, active stories, newsvine columnists, top wire, and even your local weather. | Newsvine is searchable by tags or text, or you can use the various tabs which organize recent news into local, national, worldwide, sports, tech, entertainment, and several others. The front page also breaks news up into top stories, top seeds, active stories, newsvine columnists, top wire, and even your local weather. | ||
| + | ====Community Involvement==== | ||
The potential for user input on the site sets Newsvine apart from other popular [[Category:Social Media| social media sites]]. Newsvine encourages users to become citizen journalist by publishing their own column, 90% of the revenue of which goes directly to the author. The site also encourages community building by allowing users to friend each other, chat in the Chat Lobby, comment on articles, and join groups of like-minded individuals. | The potential for user input on the site sets Newsvine apart from other popular [[Category:Social Media| social media sites]]. Newsvine encourages users to become citizen journalist by publishing their own column, 90% of the revenue of which goes directly to the author. The site also encourages community building by allowing users to friend each other, chat in the Chat Lobby, comment on articles, and join groups of like-minded individuals. | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 8 August 2007
Newsvine
Get Smarter Here
Newsvine is a community-driven website devoted to cataloging and prioritizing the news. The site aims at being a one-stop portal for all your news, derived from many separate news sources. It is fundamentally divided between "The Wire" and the "The Vine." "The Wire" is a direct pipe-line to stories written by the Associated Press and ESPN. "The Vine" is news tagged and uploaded by the Newsvine community, including articles written by community members themselves. Many of these are "seeded links" which contain a blurb of the article, a permalink, and a forum for discussion.
Why You'll Find the News You Want
In order to deliver the most relevant news, Newsvine employs an algorithm that for each article processes the number of votes, number of views, freshness, and other factors and then ranks the article.
Newsvine is searchable by tags or text, or you can use the various tabs which organize recent news into local, national, worldwide, sports, tech, entertainment, and several others. The front page also breaks news up into top stories, top seeds, active stories, newsvine columnists, top wire, and even your local weather.
Community Involvement
The potential for user input on the site sets Newsvine apart from other popular. Newsvine encourages users to become citizen journalist by publishing their own column, 90% of the revenue of which goes directly to the author. The site also encourages community building by allowing users to friend each other, chat in the Chat Lobby, comment on articles, and join groups of like-minded individuals.
Language
English
Address
- 101 Elliott Ave. West #120
- Seattle WA 98119 US
Contact
- Michael Davidson
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- Posted by Shane112 on YouTube on October 3rd, 2006
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