Today is a great day for all news junkies out there. Newsvine has finally stepped out of beta and into the public eye. If you haven’t heard of Newsvine before, it’s a community controlled news website similar in concept to Digg. The site contains both Associated Press articles and community found/written articles which are open to commenting by anyone. Having the diverse news sources allows Newsvine to be the one-stop source for news.
Previous to today, Newsvine was invite only. I was lucky enough to obtain an invite early on, and I can proudly say the site you will be seeing today has greatly evolved from the site I started with. Newsvine now has tons of features to help you enjoy the site better, and prevent it from going down the gutter like other community driven sites.
If you’re planning on checking out Newsvine today, I would recommend reading this article introducing the main feature of Newsvine. I would also check out the Newsvine Code of Honor, which will tell you what’s accepted on Newsvine and what isn’t. Finally, enjoy yourself. Seed some articles, leave some comments, write some articles, or just sit back and read. Newsvine’s what you make it, and that’s something I think everyone will enjoy.
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Thats cool, so I guess my several invites I had left will then disappear?
No, from what I would assume the invites will become unlimited. They will be used to just notify friends about the service, and hope they signup. Remember, you get 10% of any ad revenue a person you invite generates, so there still is a reason to send them.
There aren’t plans for unlimited invites. Inviting will still play a role, albeit a modified one. We’ll post details in the next week or two.
cheers,
Calvin
COO-Newsvine
Uh-Oh…will the digg users that have ruined digg run to newsvine??? I sure hope not, but newsvine is a little different.
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