Digg vs. SlashDot vs. TechMeme/Memeorandum/BallBug vs. Yahoo! Buzz
Chris F. Masse March 19th, 2008
Why do I want to publish about those social content websites on a blog devoted to prediction markets?
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ANSWER: Because prediction market journalism should start off with a catch-all News-Of-The-Day module. How can an editor make up his/her determination about what’s hot? Those social content websites can help. Here’s my opinion on each of them.
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DIGG: I don’t like it. It’s a run by a small gang of youngsters (collegians, or people just out of college) and I don’t feel we share the same world views.
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SLASHDOT: It’s pretty good when it comes to parsing world news thru the lens of the anti-establishment nerdy developers, but those guys/gals skip away general IT news and politics.
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TECHMEME/MEMEORANDUM/BALLBUG: Truly awesome. Usable and useful. I take them as feeds. Each day, they deliver many nuggets.
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YAHOO! BUZZ: Kind of like Digg. Very weak in general IT and politics. (More Info: TechCrunch - Read & Write Web - Yahoo! Buzz)
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UPDATE:
Here are some other news aggregators…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/
http://www.realclearsports.com/
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