I’ve discovered a new social networking site today, Newsvine, which is based on news rather than video. Newsvine allows you bookmark any newsworthy content you find on the Internet which then becomes part of the news gathered on the site. You can also write articles and create your own column. You may even earn money from your column if it becomes very popular.
Some other features of Newsvine make it genuinely useful. You can create a collection of virtual newspaper clippings by clipping any news content you find interesting. You can comment on news articles and chat with other users about the news. Unfortuately the live chat is based on individual articles so you are unlikely to find anyone to chat with. This feature is pretty worthless. Even the top stories never have any people chatting. Like most social networking sites, you can add people to your friends list.
I have added their chicklet to my blog so you can seed newsvine with links to my blog articles if you find them newsworthy. In fact, I discovered Newsvine on LiveVideo which has the Newsvine chicklet on videos so you can do some social bookmarking.
