Social news website
A social news website is a
Like many other Web 2.0 tools, social news websites use the collective intelligence of all of the users to operate. Social news websites also "impl[y] the technical, economic, legal, and human enhancement of a universally distributed intelligence that will unleash a positive dynamic of recognition and skills mobilization". Social news websites help participants to share a collective vision and awareness of how their actions are integrated with those of other individuals. Social news websites provide a new and innovative way to participate in a community that is constantly being flooded with new information. These social news websites "include opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship". These websites can help to shape and reshape democratic opinions and perspectives.[1][2]
Social news sites may mitigate the gatekeeping of mainstream news sources and allow the public to decide what counts as "news", which may facilitate a more participatory culture. Social news sites may also support democratic participation by allowing users from across geographic and national boundaries to access the same information, respond to fellow users' views and beliefs, and create a virtual sphere for users to contribute within.[3]
Websites
Fark
Fark, which started in 1997, features news on any topic. On Fark, users can submit articles to the administrators of the site. Each day, these administrators pick out 50 articles to display on the front page.[4]
Slashdot
Slashdot, started in 1997, was one of the first social news websites. It focuses mainly on science and technology-related news. Users can submit stories and the editors pick out the best stories each day for the front page. Users can then post comments on the stories.[5] The influx of web traffic that resulted from Slashdot linking to external websites led to the effect being called the Slashdot effect
Digg
Digg, started in December 2004, introduced the voting system. This system allows users to "digg" or "bury" articles. "Digging" is the equivalent of voting positively, so that popular articles are displayed first. "Burying" does not lower an article's score. However, if an article is buried enough times, it will be automatically deleted from the site. Digg offers a social networking service, as members can follow other members and build personal profiles with information about their interests.[6]
Newsvine
Hacker News
Hacker News, started in February 2007, is a social news site focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship, created by Paul Graham and run by his startup incubator, Y Combinator.
feedalizr
NowThis News
NowThis News is a progressive social media-focused news organization founded in 2012. The company posts short (in most cases 15 seconds long) news videos and hyperpartisan content, which primarily emotion-driven in order to generate views and shares.
Voat
Voat, launched in April 2014 and discontinued[10] in December of 2020, was also a social news website and is very similar to Reddit visually and functionally. The site had a far-right US political viewpoint.[attribution needed]
Prismatic
Prismatic combined machine learning, user experience design, and interaction design to create a new way to discover, consume, and share media. Prismatic software used social network aggregation and machine learning algorithms to filter the content that aligns with the interests of a specific user. Prismatic integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and Pocket to gather information about user's interests and suggest the most relevant stories to read.
Artifact
Artifact was an iOS and Android app that used machine learning to personalize news recommendations to readers, and also had social features such as liking articles, commenting, and reputation scores for users.[11][12]
See also
- Citizen journalism
- Digital journalism
- Fake news website
- Internet forum
- Journo-influencer
- Lemmy (software)
- Online newsroom
- Social bookmarking
- Social media newsroom
- Social media as a news source
References
- ^ Levy, Pierre (1997). "Collective Intelligence". Collective Intelligence.
- ^ Jenkins, Henry (2006), Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century
- ^ Papacharissi, Zizi (2007), The Virtual Sphere 2.0: The Internet, the Public Sphere, and Beyond
- ^ "Fark FAQ". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ "Slashdot FAQ". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ "The Case of Digg" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ "Reddit: "Jailbait is bad, but pics of dead kids are OK"". ExtremeTech. February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- arXiv:cs/0612046.
- ^ "Reading: the most basic use of Newsvine". Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ "I Can't Keep It Up". Voat.
- ^ "Instagram creators' Artifact app is starting to look more like Reddit". Engadget. April 11, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ Newton, Casey (January 31, 2023). "Instagram's co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text". The Verge. Retrieved August 20, 2023.