Jan 24
Reddit has launch a beta that allows you to build your own Reddit as a subreddit (a la programming.reddit.com).
The thing is, I don’t want to create dion.reddit.com. Instead, I want to narrow down the existing reddits to my circle of friends. When I look at a Digg or a Reddit, I want it to show me the “important” news of the day with me at the center of the bell curve. Use my friends of friends.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:48 am
The ability to make a restricted reddit is a pretty cool way for a company to waste time together on the same sites. Beyond the sarcasm, its actually a cool way to collect bookmarks for resources relevant to your business.
As far as being a way to aggregate news on a specific topic, Yahoo Pipes is my tool of choice. I was able to mash together a bunch of feed sources and put a filter on certain words. Very useful.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Hi Dion,
I hope that you are doing well and that 2008 will be a gear year.
“I want it to show me the “important” news of the day with me at the center of the bell curve. Use my friends of friends”: we are currently experimenting with an project called feeddo which attempts to do exactly this - by extending Google Reader. It is still early but if/when you have the time, I would love to show it to you and get your feedback. It would be a good way to catch up with gears as well.
You can reach me by email at edwink (at) devhd.com
Cheers,
Edwin