Social news Web sites are a great way to show off your content and Web site to a large audience. As well, social news sites can also function as places to share and retrieve personal information. These communities enable you to have access to a large variety of news types and the opinions of others, while you share information that interests you and participate in group discussions with fellow members.
Social news Web sites involve a group of people with different points of views and allow them to come together to determine the value or importance of content disseminated through the community. Each user has equal editorial rights over the content of the Web site. Some sites employ human editors to determine the visibility of content.
Social Web sites can be wide-focus or narrow-focus communities. Some of them only cater to a “niche” audience, such as public relations specialists or moms.
Digg is probably the most popular and widely-know example of a social news Web site. The site includes many topics such as politics, entertainment, technology, humor and other types of news. The site also has a separate video and image section.
Reddit is another popular social news Web site. Reddit has a large user base and covers a variety of news. Reddit also includes sections called subreddits that focus on more specific and exclusive topics such as programming, science, politics and business.
There are many more social news Web sites that are open to public use. Here’s a site that lists 48 social news Web sites that you can use, with a brief description of each one. If you’re not sure what type of site you wish to subscribe to or how to go about beginning your search for a social news Web site for you, here’s another site for you to consider that just might help you along the way.
By: Tiffany Hobbs
Social news Web sites involve a group of people with different points of views and allow them to come together to determine the value or importance of content disseminated through the community. Each user has equal editorial rights over the content of the Web site. Some sites employ human editors to determine the visibility of content.
Social Web sites can be wide-focus or narrow-focus communities. Some of them only cater to a “niche” audience, such as public relations specialists or moms.
Digg is probably the most popular and widely-know example of a social news Web site. The site includes many topics such as politics, entertainment, technology, humor and other types of news. The site also has a separate video and image section. Digg contains the most highly rated information voted on by their users. In its attempt to allow the community to have equally opportunities and make collective decisions to determine the value of content, the site doesn’t have any editors. Everything on the Web site is submitted by users and other users immediately have the chance to see it and “Digg” what they like the best. If a user’s submission receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for millions of visitors to see. Furthermore, Digg users have the option of discussing and conversing upon topics about which they are most passionate in group discussions and blogs.
Mixx is the new way to discover stories, videos and photos that you love the most. This general social new site has a category for all types of news including business, entertainment, sports, health and technology. Creating a profile is easy. Here’s a video that will show you the quick and easy steps to creating a Mixx.com profile so that you can enjoy all of the benefits of the Mixx community.
Mixx also has a built-in search engine that allows you to type in a keyword to direct you to pages that contain your largest interests. Just like Digg, the stories on Mixx are rated by users, and those with the most votes in their genre get featured on the homepage for millions of visitors to see.
Mixx is the new way to discover stories, videos and photos that you love the most. This general social new site has a category for all types of news including business, entertainment, sports, health and technology. Creating a profile is easy. Here’s a video that will show you the quick and easy steps to creating a Mixx.com profile so that you can enjoy all of the benefits of the Mixx community.
Mixx also has a built-in search engine that allows you to type in a keyword to direct you to pages that contain your largest interests. Just like Digg, the stories on Mixx are rated by users, and those with the most votes in their genre get featured on the homepage for millions of visitors to see.
Reddit is another popular social news Web site. Reddit has a large user base and covers a variety of news. Reddit also includes sections called subreddits that focus on more specific and exclusive topics such as programming, science, politics and business.There are many more social news Web sites that are open to public use. Here’s a site that lists 48 social news Web sites that you can use, with a brief description of each one. If you’re not sure what type of site you wish to subscribe to or how to go about beginning your search for a social news Web site for you, here’s another site for you to consider that just might help you along the way.
By: Tiffany Hobbs
1 comment:
In the beginning, there was Digg. And it was good. But there’s never too much of a good thing, right? I’ve dug out (no pun intended) the 5 strongest community news sites and compared them according to their features, design & usability, and quality of content.
First of all, let me say that this was supposed to be a top 10 article. However, the biggest 5 community news sites - Digg, Reddit, Care2, Shoutwire, Netscape are so far ahead of the rest of the pack that there’s no point adding any other service into the comparison.
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