Understanding social news communities and how they work is paramount to defining the meaning life. You’re not going to nail it because it’s an evolving answer. But, like the meaning of life (i.e. religion, philosophy, Pink Floyd, etc.) there are always going to be folks trying to frame social news communities, behavior and success.
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On Friday morning, I submitted Chris Brogan’s, “Marketing Is NOT Social Media – Social Media Is NOT Marketing” post to my normal round of social news sites. Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Mixx and Sphinn are my normal stops as I try to contribute content of value to those communities. Occasionally, I’ll add del.icio.us to the list [...]

Digg will unveil an images section as well as a few new categories tonight according to a Digg blog post by Kevin Rose. The submission of images will include a crawler that presents up to 10 images from the page for you to choose from.
The new topics include “Offbeat” and a new “Lifestyle” categorie including [...]

Faves.com launches today. The artist formerly known as BlueDot offers a social news site with a little different spin: Your activity is based on topics, not friends.
I’m trying to resist calling it the anti-social news site.
Social Media Explorer got its first sneak peek of a new site when Faves.com honchos Mike Koss and Rob Dickerson [...]

Digg.com was the primary topic of discussion at SMX Social Media Tuesday and why not? In Chris Winfield’s words, “Digg is all that anybody cares about.”

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The comments and the vibes I got from the discussion, mostly the “Extra! Extra! The Social News Sites” panel featuring Winfield, Neil Patel and Tamar Weinberg, were, however, a little [...]