Comments on: Taking a Look at Newsvine

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:56:00 +0000

I think being able to write articles and seed links is a majority of the attraction. Being able to only comment seems like a shortcoming rather than an advantage.

By: Mark Devlin

Mark Devlin — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:48:00 +0000

You raised some good points in your post. For contrast, have a look at my site, Crisscross. We let readers simply comment on the news without having the distracting "content by contest" aspects of Newsvine.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:10:00 +0000

I signed up to be notified when this first went beta and fooled around with it early on. I agree on all counts about the smooth look and thought-out mechanics behind this site. Just as a heads up, if you use the ‘Seed Newsvine’ javascript in your browser for quick access posting from any website you are visiting, the Newsvine pop-up window will show a GREEN header if that website (story) has not yet been seeded, and a RED header it has already been seeded. This saves a lot of time and should cut down on redunant news item postings.

By: Luis Damasco

Luis Damasco — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:01:00 +0000

Newsvine is one of my personal favourites. I think it’s one of the best services available on the net today.