Earlier today on the Netscape Blog it was announced that the impending shutdown of the social news experiment at Netscape dot com was true.Visitors to Netscape.com will see a more traditional news experience very soon. Don’t worry, the social news site isn’t going away! We will keep you updated on where you will be able…
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How To: Correctly game a social news site
So, you think you found a way to game a social news site such as Digg or Netscape? You think you are so smart because you are emailing links to your friends and asking them to digg your story? Guess again chump! You are about to run into the cold hard door of failure.The problem…
Netscape Model” Moving Into the Print Media?
I found a very interesting classified advertisement in my daily paper today. They are looking for a “User-Generated Content Specialist.”Here is the advertisement:Do you want to play a key, multimedia role in our newsroom, contributing in a strategic way to our news Web site, weekly newspapers and daily print operation? Are you an MVP candidate?The…
Did You Read the Article First? Some Thoughts on Social Bookmarking
That’s a common question on the social bookmarking/news voting websites Digg and Netscape. It’s also a very interesting question as these site specifically used the term “social bookmarking” in their early press releases.In defense of both of those sites, neither one still uses the term “social bookmarking” on their sites now. Both are trying to…
The Digg Effect Part 4: Netscape vs. Digg vs. Stumbleupon
I recently posted a link back to my blog on both Digg and Netscape to see what would happen. The results were not as shocking as you might think… until you factor in StumbleUpon!The entry I linked to with both news aggregators was The Three Letters. I did not know what sort of result to…