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MySpace Takes on Google News and Digg
cyberianpan writes "According to a Times Online article, MySpace is going into the news business. They'll soon be premiering a service that will scour the internet for news stories and let users vote on which ones receive the most exposure. This approach blends elements of Google News and sites such as Digg and Netscape, which rely on readers to submit stories and determine their prominence. One could see where this might be the 'holy grail' of internet news. Not only will you be able to tap into the wisdom of the crowds, but ultimately your recommended stories could be influenced by the likes and dislikes of your friends/heroes."
And "ultimately your recommended stories could be influenced by the likes and dislikes of your friends/heroes"?
All in the same paragraph as "MySpace"?
Hold the phone... where do I sign up?
After all, it worked marvelously for Digg!
And instead of taking contributions everyone - which works out famously on Digg, by the way - or instead of using intelligent algorithms to uniformly aggregate news from a wide variety of news outlets around the world, this instead filters down to the existing membership and intellectual level of MySpace?
What could go wrong?
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More like "the collective whim of whatever quasi-viral story du jour interests MySpace users at the moment".
Yeah, I realize News Corp owns MySpace. But give me a break.
Myspace will bring some much needed credibility to the mainstream media.
The day I want some 13 year old emo kid brigade to guide me with their "wisdom" will be a cold day in hell.
Tapping into the collective wisdom of the MySpace crowd might not be the most productive thing in the world...
Why do I feel like I'm about to enter into a tug of war for the essence of my soul?
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism
"OMG I HAVE A MYSPACE ON TEH INTARWEB!"
Do you really trust this person to help provide useful news?
Yeah, but how often will the news be this instead?
Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred.
This error has been forwarded to MySpace's technical group.
Dungg.com
I wonder if I use bold in my signature, people will notice my posts.
Britney Spears...
/., only different topics. /.:
Jessica Simpson...
American Idol...
OMG Ponies!
Oddly enough, it's similar to
Most frequent stories on
Linux is ready for the Desktop!
Ground-breaking new hard-drive capacity!
New, ground-breaking graphics cards!
OMFG Ponies!
I, for one, welcome our new Myspace over.... OMG PONIEZ!!!!!!
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
:wq
"What could possibly go wrong?" Well, how about "Triumph of the Will", only with NASCAR. Or for the less serious maybe some of the mass hysteria scenes from "Spongebob Squarepants."
I'll take my content filtered by The Man, please.
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
Pre-historic democracy:
Ug mark stone ballot for chief "Oog"
Oog mark stone ballot for chief "Oog"
Arg mark stone ballot for chief "Arg"
Oog new chief.
Pre-pre-historic strongman system:
Oog want be cheif.
Arg want be cheif.
Oog fight Arg.
Oog kill Arg.
Oog new chief.
Modern democracy:
Ug mark stone ballot for chief "Oog"
Oog mark stone ballot for chief "Oog"
Arg mark stone ballot for chief "Arg"
Chief Diebold of neighboring tribe count stones.
Arg get 4 stones. Oog get no stones.
Arg new chief.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
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Its always the Chaotic Neutrals running the conspiracies!!
Fixed it for you.
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Shouldn't they worry about fixing the functionality they already (are supposed to) have instead of trying to add new functionality?
Make me a friend and I'll mod you up