Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Trying something different with social news

I've been thinking about putting a spin on social news and I decided to put up a prototype to test my idea.

The idea is simply this: To use full sentences as a subreddit name.

So instead of subscribing to subreddits:

  • worldnews

  • technology

You would 'subscribe' to:

  • I am interested in world news.

  • I am interested in technology news.

You can subscribe to other 'full sentence' subreddits like:

  • I am interested in world news.

  • I am interested in technology news.

  • I love Star Trek.

  • I need a student loan.

  • I enjoy rock climbing.

  • I am worried about the global economy.

Thus, submitting a link would look like:

  • Title: Greek tremors continue to rock markets - CNN.com

  • URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/05/05/...

  • Target this link to people with this profile:

    -- I am interested in world news.

    -- I am interested in technology news.

    -- I am worried about the global economy.

The difference may look minor, but I think it provides an interesting twist on submitting links.

For example, here's another possible submission:

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