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Newsvine is now live

Mar 2, 2006 12:28AM PST

For those of you who wanted to check it out, but couldn't get an invite, Newsvine is now officially open to the public. Feel free to check it out.

-Terry

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invites

yeah those invites were hard to comeby. it took me about 3 weeks and about a dozen very annoyed friends before i could get one. the day after i recieved my invite, i found out that i work right across the street from their offices and my boss is good friends with the CEO. lucky me.

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I give it two weeks...
Mar 2, 2006 7:47AM PST

...before it deteriorates into a mess a la Digg

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I really hope it doesn't become the next Digg ..
Mar 2, 2006 1:48PM PST

I really wish they would have kept it invite-only.

-Terry

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I really doubt user-generated media...
Mar 2, 2006 2:41PM PST

I mean... its a novel concept, but I'm beggining to doubt that it will ever really work unless the community is heavily moderated or something...

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Not sure what you mean by "user-generated media"
Mar 2, 2006 2:46PM PST

From what I've seen and read since my invite, a lot of the stories come straight from the presses (Reuters, Associated Press, etc.), as well as user- generated/submitted media.

-Terry