Campaigning to Save the Internet
A few days ago, Save the Internet – a coalition of individuals, organizations, businesses and bloggers for network neutrality – launched a grassroot campaign for...
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Joost: The project formerly known as Venice
Funny, I really liked the name “The Venice Project”. Oh well. Today they announced they’re Joost. And they’re opening up for a bunch of new...
Okay, take that gift. But let the world know you did.
What is a bribe, what is a gift and what is doing a friend a favour? What is acceptable to accept from people who might...
OJR's Robert Niles on "fake grassroots"
“If you build it, and don’t staff it, at best, a few wackos will show”, writes Online Journalism Review editor Robert Niles. Again, a sane...
Good community building at Bakersfield.com
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about community building, and how to deal with abusive comments or blog posts. I’ve argued that it’s important to...
Backfence's Mark Potts: We're reevaluating our strategy
Following my post summing up some of the buzz around local citizen journalism effort Backfence after the recent layoffs, I asked co-founder Mark Potts to...
Trouble at Backfence?
I’m not one for spreading rumour and hypotheses bordering on guesses, but there’sthere has been little else to turn to when it comes to the...
Swedish Digg clone Digga adds video support
Digga, one of the Swedish Digg clones, recently redesigned their site. Just like Digg did recently, they are now also adding support for video clips,...
"The hatemongers stormed the gates"
The local newspaper the Sun-Sentinel is facing critisism for allowing “racist stereotypes, slurs, and sentimental references to slavery and lynchings”. Bob Norman writes: This summer,...
Insurance company uses social media site to put together travel insurance
resedagboken.com is a social media site for Swedish travellers around the globe, mainly backpackers. It’s run by Europeiska, an insurance company. They asked 2152 of...
A call for excellence in journalism
Democracy is under threat, as “old media” is cutting down and the discussion goes along the lines if “excellence” is needed since it costs too...
eSnips builds communities around shared files
At Mashable, I read about eSnips, a “YouTube for everything” that lets you share various kinds of files (video, audio, text, photos..). The site has...
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