I came out the closit on newsvine then was rightfully banned

Sometimes its best not to be honest, but that can end up in feeling guilty. "The 15 August 2008 was a very sad day for me, it was a day that my whole world went haywire due to a software problem on a social news...

Aysa F. Guillory, CSU Monterey Bay Service Learning Institute Information Spe...

Hello world, paritularly citizens, students, faculty, workers of the world, government servants, humanitarian activists - from Dr. Ulysses S. Crockett, Jr.: 1. Be advised that Scholar-Acitivist-Educator, Asya...

Ice Cream Man Busted for Smoking Weed in His Truck

Yes, this was part of the plot of Trees Lounge."Deputies responding to a call at about 5:30 p.m. about a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot near 5226 Applegate Road approached an ice cream truck with the name "Hokey Pokey" on the side and rear.Inside the truck was Westberry...

The Decline of Citizen Journalism

 I recently revisited the Alexa data on companies and sites that I used to watch when I first started NP.  It’s interesting to see how the original ‘citizen journalist’ sites like Slashdot have actually suffered a decline in the wake of the 2.0...

MSNBC snaps up startup Newsvine

good news for NewsVine and citizen media sphere. what's the exit strategy for NowPublic would be?"MSNBC Interactive News, a Microsoft and NBC Universal joint venture with 27.3 million Web visitors in August, announced Sunday night that it has purchased Newsvine in a deal of...

MSNBC Acquires Social News Site Newsvine

Great news today for investors in NowPublic.  NewsVine, a NP competitor, has been acquired by MSNBC, a division of General Electric.  The linked article mentions a number of traditional media players...

How To Instantly Submit To Digg, Netscape, Reddit, Shoutwire, Plime, Newsvine...

This is a highly recommended tool will make you be the first to publish a story online in a flash. You don't need to worry again about how quickly you can submit your stories or articles to sites like Digg, Netscape, Reddit, Shoutwire, Plime, Newsvine and Stumble Upon. ...

How To Be The First To Publish A Story Online

How many times did you try publishing a story only to discover that it is a duplicate? Someone was faster than you! Well with this tool you will always make be the first to publish a story online and in a flash. You don't need to worry again about how quickly you can submit...

CIVILITY AND SOCIAL NETWORKING by Mike Davidson of Newsvine

We've just had pizza [yum] and now we're listening to the CEO of Newsvine..Mike Davidson speak about social networking. Jordan's take:Fishkin says, people are a**holes. (I disagree, at least most of the time)Sites...

Are there rules in social media?

Michelle Nicolosi is the assistant editor at Seattle P-I and we're discussing rules and behaviours in social media.Real names:How do you ensure someone signs up with their real name?Newsvine says no need, Killfile...

Nepali becomes both man and woman

"he authorities in Nepal have granted a man who dresses and behaves as a woman both male and female citizenship. The unprecedented legal status was given to 40-year-old Chanda Musalman. Conservative and religious Nepal, like many Asian countries, has a sizeable community of...

Chance meeting solves baby mix-up after 30yrs

"A Malaysian Chinese couple are considering taking legal action against a hospital for sending them home with the wrong baby nearly 30 years ago. The couple, who had always suspected a mix-up, were reunited with their biological son after a chance meeting in a shopping...

Van Halen reunites with David Lee Roth

Rockers set for 40-date tour Van Halen have reunited with original frontman David Lee Roth for the first time in 20 years. The band are set to announce details of a 40-date tour this summer. The reunited...

I've dugg, been up and down the vine and decided to go Public!

I absolutely love NowPublic!I tried digg.  It's a great site but I just couldn't participate in the submitting end of things.  I don't know how many times I tried to submit something I had just seen/read/heard only to find out it had already been submitted.  In...

New Legislation Could Make This Article Illegal

""You should contact your Senators right away and protest S.1, the Senate version of Speaker Pelosi's lobbying reform bill." If S.1 were in force today, the above statement would put me at once in violation of the...

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