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After Digg, What's Next In News Aggregation

27 points by sak84 14y ago

nates 14y ago
umm.... google news? reddit?
- rhizome 14y ago
  Yeah..."after digg," seems a bit five years ago.
- personlurking 14y ago
  Google News? Never. Reddit. Yes. I actually do get most of my news from a combo of HN and various subreddits.
- tokenadult 14y ago
  I use Google News a lot. I have set up several topic-specific sections on topics I wish to follow closely, and have closed some of the default Google News sections (e.g., entertainment and sports) to devote more time to more serious news. Google News is also useful for switching over to concentrated views of newspapers from particular parts of the world, e.g., India or Pakistan, or Africa. I cultivate my Facebook circle of friends into mutual teams of news-gatherers. People friend me specifically to follow the links I post that they've heard about from other friends, and I follow most closely friends who scan news sources for new reliable links. I share out links I discover here on Hacker News, and share into Hacker News some of the best links I learn about from my friends.
- stcredzero 14y ago
  Surprisingly, my workman friend seems to hear about stuff on FARK just as fast as I hear about stuff on reddit.
  - sak84 14y ago
    I work for Parse.ly who helped push out some of the data for the article. Fark.com was #15 on the list, above Digg, but below Reddit.
scott_to_s 14y ago
Prismatic. http://getprismatic.com/ http://getprismatic.com/ (Although, strictly speaking, it's much more than that)
- Kiro 14y ago
  How is it different?
  - scott_to_s 14y ago
    It delivers a personalized curated news feed which is informed by complex data analysis, recommendation, semantic-filtering and machine learning algorithms that use your elected interests and social graph as a data source. It's much more than simple aggregation. You can probably tell that I really like it; and no sir, I don't work for them (!)
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    - Karzyn 14y ago
      The problem is, at least from my short meander over there, was that the categories of things is based on your usage of Facebook, Twitter, and/or Google+. Unfortunately I don't really use any of those things for sharing (only a Facebook account that I never post on) so this site isn't very useful for me.
- blhack 14y ago
  I don't see a single piece of news on that website anywhere. All I see is a signup page.
- mkr-hn 14y ago
  Reddit/Digg/HN were never about aggregation for me. I use RSS for that. I come to news sharing sites to talk about the news. Prismatic doesn't look like it enables that.
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username3 14y ago
A single source for sharing and retrieving all information.
notJim 14y ago
The author of this article seems to have no understanding whatsoever of what Digg before their distastrous v4 launch in 2010 and Reddit, now are. Reddit and Digg are hiveminds where you go to find out what's up on the internet at large. This is not where you go to find out what your friends are doing (Facebook) or what the blogs and personalities you already know about are doing (Twitter.) Think about it as concentric circles. Facebook is the tightest circle—people you largely actually know, or interact with on a personal level. Twitter is one more out—people you're aware of, and whom you like, some of them you know, some you don't. If those networks are like the orbits of Earth and Mars, Digg of old, and Reddit are like the orbit of Pluto. Facebook and Twitter did not kill Digg. Ask anyone who used to frequent the site. Where to find this person? Why, on Reddit of course. If Digg had had their botched v4 launch before Reddit was a legitimate competitor, they might have had enough time to clean up the mess and get the site back on track. But instead, they launched a product that betrayed their community, who readily moved over to Reddit, who largely welcomed them with open arms.
iamhenrychung 14y ago
Well to start there's: Reddit (http://reddit.com http://reddit.com) Boxnutt (http://boxnutt.com http://boxnutt.com) Snipit (http://snip.it http://snip.it) What others have you guys came across?
- jeffchuber 14y ago
  Completely self-serving - but I do see my project playing into this space. http://knowitapp.com http://knowitapp.com
- SuperChihuahua 14y ago
  Dont forget: Trejdify - business news only (http://www.trejdify.com/ http://www.trejdify.com/) Inbound - SEO/marketing only (http://inbound.org/ http://inbound.org/)
- prplhaz4 14y ago
  Not simple aggregation per-se, but http://dev.newsblur.com http://dev.newsblur.com is showcasing a much more intelligent approach to social news discovery...
hybrid11 14y ago
Social news curation, at least we believe so at Lynk.ly - http://lynk.ly http://lynk.ly :)
pixelmonkey 14y ago
I think Google+ could learn a valuable lesson from Digg about the importance of community, over design and features. I wrote about this here: Digg'ing your own grave http://www.pixelmonkey.org/2012/07/13/digging-your-own-grave http://www.pixelmonkey.org/2012/07/13/digging-your-own-grave
myak 14y ago
I wouldn't call this a "news aggregator" but they have hand-picked, curated editorials and news. http://thetechblock.com http://thetechblock.com

27 points by sak84 14y ago

nates 14y ago

umm.... google news? reddit?

rhizome 14y ago
Yeah..."after digg," seems a bit five years ago.
personlurking 14y ago
Google News? Never. Reddit. Yes. I actually do get most of my news from a combo of HN and various subreddits.
tokenadult 14y ago
I use Google News a lot. I have set up several topic-specific sections on topics I wish to follow closely, and have closed some of the default Google News sections (e.g., entertainment and sports) to devote more time to more serious news. Google News is also useful for switching over to concentrated views of newspapers from particular parts of the world, e.g., India or Pakistan, or Africa. I cultivate my Facebook circle of friends into mutual teams of news-gatherers. People friend me specifically to follow the links I post that they've heard about from other friends, and I follow most closely friends who scan news sources for new reliable links. I share out links I discover here on Hacker News, and share into Hacker News some of the best links I learn about from my friends.
stcredzero 14y ago
Surprisingly, my workman friend seems to hear about stuff on FARK just as fast as I hear about stuff on reddit.
- sak84 14y ago
  I work for Parse.ly who helped push out some of the data for the article. Fark.com was #15 on the list, above Digg, but below Reddit.

scott_to_s 14y ago

Prismatic. http://getprismatic.com/ http://getprismatic.com/ (Although, strictly speaking, it's much more than that)

Kiro 14y ago
How is it different?
- scott_to_s 14y ago
  It delivers a personalized curated news feed which is informed by complex data analysis, recommendation, semantic-filtering and machine learning algorithms that use your elected interests and social graph as a data source. It's much more than simple aggregation. You can probably tell that I really like it; and no sir, I don't work for them (!)
  - deleted 14y ago
    [deleted]
  - Karzyn 14y ago
    The problem is, at least from my short meander over there, was that the categories of things is based on your usage of Facebook, Twitter, and/or Google+. Unfortunately I don't really use any of those things for sharing (only a Facebook account that I never post on) so this site isn't very useful for me.
blhack 14y ago
I don't see a single piece of news on that website anywhere. All I see is a signup page.
mkr-hn 14y ago
Reddit/Digg/HN were never about aggregation for me. I use RSS for that. I come to news sharing sites to talk about the news. Prismatic doesn't look like it enables that.

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username3 14y ago

A single source for sharing and retrieving all information.

notJim 14y ago

The author of this article seems to have no understanding whatsoever of what Digg before their distastrous v4 launch in 2010 and Reddit, now are. Reddit and Digg are hiveminds where you go to find out what's up on the internet at large. This is not where you go to find out what your friends are doing (Facebook) or what the blogs and personalities you already know about are doing (Twitter.) Think about it as concentric circles. Facebook is the tightest circle—people you largely actually know, or interact with on a personal level. Twitter is one more out—people you're aware of, and whom you like, some of them you know, some you don't. If those networks are like the orbits of Earth and Mars, Digg of old, and Reddit are like the orbit of Pluto. Facebook and Twitter did not kill Digg. Ask anyone who used to frequent the site. Where to find this person? Why, on Reddit of course. If Digg had had their botched v4 launch before Reddit was a legitimate competitor, they might have had enough time to clean up the mess and get the site back on track. But instead, they launched a product that betrayed their community, who readily moved over to Reddit, who largely welcomed them with open arms.

iamhenrychung 14y ago

Well to start there's: Reddit (http://reddit.com http://reddit.com) Boxnutt (http://boxnutt.com http://boxnutt.com) Snipit (http://snip.it http://snip.it) What others have you guys came across?

jeffchuber 14y ago
Completely self-serving - but I do see my project playing into this space. http://knowitapp.com http://knowitapp.com
SuperChihuahua 14y ago
Dont forget: Trejdify - business news only (http://www.trejdify.com/ http://www.trejdify.com/) Inbound - SEO/marketing only (http://inbound.org/ http://inbound.org/)
prplhaz4 14y ago
Not simple aggregation per-se, but http://dev.newsblur.com http://dev.newsblur.com is showcasing a much more intelligent approach to social news discovery...

hybrid11 14y ago

Social news curation, at least we believe so at Lynk.ly - http://lynk.ly http://lynk.ly :)

pixelmonkey 14y ago

I think Google+ could learn a valuable lesson from Digg about the importance of community, over design and features. I wrote about this here: Digg'ing your own grave http://www.pixelmonkey.org/2012/07/13/digging-your-own-grave http://www.pixelmonkey.org/2012/07/13/digging-your-own-grave

myak 14y ago

I wouldn't call this a "news aggregator" but they have hand-picked, curated editorials and news. http://thetechblock.com http://thetechblock.com