The appearance of the sites varied so much. The layout of Newsvine reminded me of MSNBC. If I hadn't known it was a social site, I wouldn't have guessed it. Digg and Mixx had similar layouts, but I preferred the clean look of Mixx. I spent about five seconds on Reddit. It looked cramped, and it resembled del.icio.us too closely for my taste.
I hadn't ever used sites like this before. I did find myself reading a couple blogs and news stories. I even go so caught up in one blog that I had to post to it.
I guess I'd vote that sites like this can be productivity detractors. If I hadn't been checking them out, I wouldn't still be sitting at my desk at 9:48 pm on a Friday. However, at the same time sites like this can be information enhancers. I know a little more about current events and hot topics than I did an hour ago.
When I tried to add a news article, the service said it was already on Newsvine, and one click took me right to the discussion. Now I understand why sites like these are considered social and not just places to vote for favorite stories.
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Reddit is not for me, either. Looks like they do it in their basement )maybe so...)but I do like Newsvine and Mixx. Digg is too big and too much "cool" kids for me! Whatever that means. Keep up the good work.
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