Digg has always had trouble getting the hottest news to you as quickly as they would like. With the way things used to be done, it could take hours for users to submit a story and vote it up. From now on, there will be editors on staff to make sure headlines make it onto the site as quickly as possible.

“Starting today, Digg will add a breaking news/interesting stories module that will be managed and curated by Digg’s community team. This team will aggregate stories that they think should be on the Digg front page but haven’t garnered enough votes by the community yet. These curated modules will appear on the top right side of the Top News, My News and Upcoming pages.”

Do you think this move will make Digg more viable as a news source?

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Twitter: Social Media or News Source?

There have been a flurry of stories on the web today about Twitter and their new home page. I admit to being as excited as the next guy over the changes. The mini profiles, in-line media and new design are definitely worth talking about. However, it was a story on Read Write Web that captured [...]

Twitter: Social Media or News Source?

]]> Twitter: Social Media or News Source?

There have been a flurry of stories on the web today about Twitter and their new home page. I admit to being as excited as the next guy over the changes. The mini profiles, in-line media and new design are definitely worth talking about. However, it was a story on Read Write Web that captured my attention. Instead of simply regurgitating the same story about these changes, Sarah Perez began a discussion stemming from comments made by Kevin Thau during the press conference.



@kevinthau, Twitter’s VP for business and corporate development, stated emphatically that Twitter is not a social network. With those words, every person in attendance was momentarily shocked into silence. Confusion reigned supreme for a few seconds until Kevin continued: “Twitter is for news. Twitter is for content. Twitter is for information.”

Well, duh! We already knew this, right? Twitter is hands down the best and fastest way to obtain information and learn about breaking news these days:

Twitter is changing the very nature of news today. Journalists are sending their stories to Twitter and some are even publishing directly to Twitter. It’s also allowing everyday users to become journalists themselves by providing them with a simple mechanism to break news.

However, does that mean that we aren’t being social at the same time? Social media is about meeting people, making connections and sharing information. If that sharing of information just happens to be a breaking news story, does that make the Twitter mechanism any less social? It’s almost as though there are negative connotations being placed upon being social, and I don’t like that one bit. Can we not be serious while being social? Is it impossible to merge the social world with the newsworthy one?

As social media outlets continue to surface and we allow our connections to the world to grow, the very definition of the word social will continue to evolve. Sites such as Twitter and Facebook will become more important to us… we will turn there first when needing advice and opinions, when wanting to find out what is happening in the world and when hoping to gain other perspectives. It doesn’t matter if we are looking for breaking news stories or the hottest new disco club in the city. Social media is where we will figure out the answers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network

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Twitter: Social Media or News Source?

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Scoble is Leaving Microsoft

Yeah, it’s 100% true. Scoble is heading to PodTech.net. This is front page news if I’ve ever heard of it – and half the blogosphere won’t find out until Monday, most likely. Congratulations, Robert. ;) The blogosphere is already abuzz with speculation and discussion: Robert Scoble leaving Microsoft for a Silicon Valley startup Scoble Leaving [...]

Scoble is Leaving Microsoft

]]> Scoble is Leaving Microsoft

Yeah, it’s 100% true. Scoble is heading to PodTech.net. This is front page news if I’ve ever heard of it – and half the blogosphere won’t find out until Monday, most likely. Congratulations, Robert. ;) The blogosphere is already abuzz with speculation and discussion:

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News Flash- Robert W. Scoble Is Leaving Microsoft

To Robert: in your first public statement, you state: “First, I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me â€â€? at least as a supporter and friend.” One would have to be insane to believe that you’d stop supporting Microsoft, personally or professionally, from this point forward. You were helping Microsoft long before you were working there. You continue: “I just made this decision and it got out before I was completely ready to talk about it.” Once the first pin dropped, there was nothing you could do to stop it (few people had heard of Beet.tv until tonight). Remember when you were first offered a job at Microsoft? Were you ready back then? I told you that you’d be crazy if you didn’t accept the position, and nothing could have prepared you for what was to come. And so, again, I say… congratulations.

Scoble is Leaving Microsoft

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