
Music: WIPEOUT by the Surfaris
Five steps to wrangling an online communitySource: oldmedianewtricks.com
Do you allow users to post material on your site?
If you are the community manager of a Web site that does, ask for a raise. If you're the community manager's boss, give that person a raise … now.

Note: I don't actually have children - though I keep the child in me quite alive - but if I did have a girl I bet she would be a lot like this

It seems that Newsvine has suddenly become 'The establishment'.
Disgruntled 'ex-contributers' will now feel more emboldened, (embiggened :¬)) and so much more justified, in attacking the newly turned traitor for no other reason than the perceived turning.
The vindictive, foul mo …

"You know, Tim, this is where everybody plays gotcha. It makes a lot of sense. What is the governor supposed to do? He is dealing with a serious problem. We have failed, and George Bush has failed." --- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, 10/30/07 Democratic Debate

After the excitement of watching one of our own Killfile do us proud on his MSNBC interview with Chris Jansing, I tuned into the 10/30/07 democratic debate this time with a bit more interest than for previous debates.

And by "big time," I mean we're entering the world of the mainstream media.

I'd like to try something new. There are a lot of folks around here who have interesting things to say. I'd be interested in hearing about the following subjects from the following people:
Citizen News Site Becomes MSNBC.com's First PurchaseSource: clickz.com
Newsvine, a "participatory news" site that allows people to write articles, link to mainstream news stories, discuss the news, and earn money by writing their own ad-sponsored columns, is now owned by MSNBC.com.
MSNBC Goes Local, Social With Newsvine BuySource: Technology News: technewsworld.com
MSNBC, one of the largest news sites on the Web, is buying a startup that specializes in user-ranked news and local community reporting.
Msnbc.com Acquires NewsvineSource: CNN
MSNBC Interactive News LLC has acquired Seattle-based Newsvine Inc., an industry-leading site that pioneered the social media and participatory news space.

As a Newsvine "Chosen One" with a full branch, I tend to enjoy the perks; the better parking spaces, the stock options, the in-home Swedish massages...
A Review of NewsvineSource: Ohmynews International
If one could say that the most important achievement of citizen journalism is the transformation of readers from consumers of news to producers of news, then the existence of Newsvine (www.newsvine.com) is peculiar, as only 1-2 percent of its participants write their own articles.

This started out as an email to a friend... then I thought about posting it to fiction writers since
I was advising them for our fiction writing exercises that it's good for all - our eyes, the writers in that people are more likely to read them, etc - to have white space (i.e.

Last night on American Idol, the nation's most watched show on television, a contestant was brought on stage and apologized to by Simon Cowell. During his audition, the contestant was likened to an animal called a 'bush baby' (a nickname for a Tarsier Monkey).
The Life Aquatic with Calvin TangSource: CalvinTang.com
Newsvine's resident conflict moderator captures a great series of photos which depict a "Stubby Squid" as it changes color.
Very nice.

SEATTLE -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Feb. 13, 2007 -- Newsvine , the popular Social News website, announced today that they would be adding a Font Page section dedicated solely to Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

It's the PLAYOFFS!!! Is there a more exciting time than the NFL playoffs? I think not. We have a solid slate of games this week.

Calvin Tang, Co-founder of newsvine who describes himself as the company's face to the community has provoked outrage amongst religious groups today by launching Newsvine's first ever Sex group.

I was perusing through my RSS feeds today and came across this article in InforWorld: Open Sources | InfoWorld | An ongoing saga of Apple's customer neglect | October 17, 2006 09:32 PM | By Dave Rosenberg.