
In 2007, I was commissioned by a Fortune 100 company to perform an analysis of their company's operations and suggest means by which they could become leaner and more efficient.

OPINION:
Political debate takes it's toll. And this on line forum is a glaring example of the casualties of that war.
Many quality contributors have fallen to the way side of pointless, endless, debate. They have simply opted to " Opt Out"

So my Newsvine payout balance is sitting at a paltry $21.75, well below the $25 necessary for payouts. Right now, it tends to accrue about $0.08 per month, which would mean a long time before it surpasses that magical barrier. I need to do something about this.

Perhaps my favorite story of government failure of all time is the recent, proud (lol) announcement by the Obama Administration that the Obama/Democrat 787 bullion dollar "stimulus" bill has "created" 30,000 new jobs--6 (count 'em on your fingers) in Rhode Island alone, and less …

It seems to me that in life and with movies and TV shows and even on blogs, that some people see that other people are attracting a lot of positive attention and that some of those people seem to exist just to criticize the other people.

I love polls. One of the greatest parts of Newsvine (IMHO) is asking people questions and getting their response. It comes from a real genuine curiosity about how people feel about many different things.

How many votes does it take to be freed from the greenhouse? I want to flourish on the vine with all the other cool kids!!

Newspapers seem to be less available each year.
Newspaper boxes used to be outside many stores,
on street corners, outside almost all restaurants.
Lately they are much harder to find.

...Or, 5 Things you can do to make your online arguments more effective.

I've seen jeremiads for the American Dream... I've seen 'viners write op-ed pieces on almost every topic...

A family member recently challenged me to see if I could give up Newsvine at least for a week, and when I re-examined her points of view. I had to agree with her.

I had an unpleasant experience with Newsvine Friday PM October 16, 2009. The web site "hung" repeatedly, and I suspect that the electronic malfunctions are damaging my software in my computer.

Reflecting on all the people that live in the Newsvine cyber world and those that have vanished. A big neighborhood of people and conversation and a plethora of information being exchanged and discussed. A new found peer group to incorporate into our daily lives.

I don't think that anyone can refute that A.MacArthur is an authority on photography. His many wonderful photo essays have inspired others to do the same and have helped to increase their presence on Newsvine, the reason we have collected in this group.*

I just looked at my Newsvine and OMG I have another leaf....:) I only need one more....

In recent months there has been a growing awareness among the citizens of on-line communities that social sites and other gathering places or waterholes are being attacked by various and sundry individuals and organisms that appear to bring detriment, discord and sometimes fatal …

was checking the leaderboarda and I saw something weird, the avatar that it showed under my name is not me. I changed through all the tabs and I get a different tab everytime. Is it a glitch in the site or something more sinister>! HELP!

I bought a brand new computer, an Intel Pentium. I came with Norton security. The first thing it does is that it recommends that I NOT enter Newsvine. Well, I did anyway. Now, four days later, Norton detected a threat.

1814 spammers were reported via the Anti-Spam group in September 2009. Bear in mind that this is only the spam reported via the group and not the full extent of spam hitting Newsvine.
Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 1 of 2)Source: Philippine Online Chronicles
Part 2: Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 2 of 2)
[Manila, Philippines] Newsvine's Jesusa Bernardo opined that "Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is seen by the Filipino masses as a bogus, evil leader who has 'stolen the Presidency not once, but twice.'"

I have seen a couple of these polls floating around in other places recently and thought it would be interesting to find out how it might come out here. Thanks for participating....

In the last month, the amount of 'trolls' ,banned people returning under other names, and spammers who post comments on every article who aren't even intuitive enough to realize that 'Tyler' is not a user, but rather the moderator. (Yes, I'm calling you out.

I was quite impressed by how Aunk titles himself, and how he greets posters who comment on his contributions. I liked it, and something in the back of my mind kind of felt he was on to something big, and potentially quite helpful for overall relations and satisfaction on the vine.