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AOL Targets Digg, YouTube With New Netscape Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the both-cream-and-scum-rise-to-the-top dept.

Dotnaught writes "AOL has re-launched its Netscape.com portal as a place where user participation is balanced by moderator control. The renovated site will feature community-driven news and user-submitted video, guided by editors called anchors. "The hive mind sometimes doesn't do a thorough job," says Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network acquired last year by AOL."

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  1. As Yoda says by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fear leads to anchors, anchors lead to hate..

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  2. Targetting Slashdot, too? by DikSeaCup · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they're targetting Digg (which I've never bothered to go to), aren't they targetting Slashdot somewhat too? Probably not a good idea though ... the editors just need to post two or three "netscape.com" stories a day. We'll see just how capable their site is at handling traffic ...

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  3. Ackkk it's recursive by technoextreme · · Score: 4, Funny

    I click on the Netscape headline about how it's a ripoff of Digg which leads to an article about how Netscape is ripping off of Digg which links back to the Netscape article about how it's a ripoff of Digg which leads to an article about how Netscape is ripping off of Digg. Also, Netscape is using those stupid popup adds that get around Firefox.

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  4. Aol copies digg by minus_273 · · Score: 3, Funny

    this is the top story right now. which is kind of fitting

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  5. and hate leads to... by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 2, Funny

    A project fork. :)

  6. The Mind by intangible · · Score: 3, Funny

    For some reason I read the article summary as this:

    'The AOL has re-gurgitated its Netscape.com portal as a place where user
    participation is monitored by master-controllers. The renovated site
    will feature minion-driven news and peon-submitted video, guided
    by godlike editor entities called anchors. "The hive mind sometimes
    doesn't do a thorough job", says The Queen, Overlord of Weblogs, Inc.,
    a mind-control network acquired last year by the AOL.'

    Don't ask me why...

  7. Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 3, Funny
    What it all boils down to is still the quality of the comments that the users post.





    YEAH!
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