SocialMedian
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There are a ton of social news aggregators. The most famous, of course, is Digg. The most used at this point is probably Yahoo! Buzz. Then there’s Reddit, Fark, and a whole slew of niche sites devoted to socially aggregating online news.
So why do we need another one? SocialMedian is just such a service that is currently in Alpha. I’ve been a member for awhile, and while I don’t use it every day, I use it a lot more often than I tend to use Digg or Reddit.
You see, I’m just about Dugg out. I’ve Reddit all. (Okay, I’ll stop with the Farking puns now). SocialMedian, is, to me, a change from the other services. First of all, it’s cleaner. I like the way it looks and feels. But that’s not the only reason I like it.
You see, on Digg and Reddit, I have to work REAL hard to get anything to the front page. I don’t feel that way at SocialMedian. Of course, part of that is because it’s in Alpha, so not as many people are there. But that’s not the only reason. You don’t have the cliques that you have on other social sites. At least, not yet.
My favorite feature is the ability to receive emails about what is being dugg, err, “clipped”, in the categories I find interesting. You can also create your own categories, which are called News Networks.
SocialMedian is a work in progress, and I check it out every few days to see how it progresses. I really like the direction it is heading, and I hope that it possibly slips under the radar and gives the larger social news aggregators a run for their money. There’s plenty of room for innovation there, and SocialMedian might be just the people to do that.
