Newsvine First Look

January 7, 2006 · 59 comments

9ruler Brian Benzinger has written an extensive review of the currently invite-only news website, Newsvine, that plans to be the next generation of how we get news. It is kind of like digg meets CNN. I just got an invite yesterday and have been having lots of fun with it. Hopefully, the community that forms around Newsvine will be more mature than digg’s and comments will actually be comments and not flames. I really like how Newsvine gives each user a place to seed articles or write posts, very innovative. If you are using Newsvine you can keep track of my column at pauls.newsvine.com. Oh and I have a few invites left. First come, first serve – leave a comment if you’d like one.

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1 coelomic January 7, 2006 at 2:48 am

Like the concept , would like to try it out.

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2 Paul Stamatiou January 7, 2006 at 2:55 am

Sent. Enjoy it.

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3 Imran January 7, 2006 at 3:30 am

Digg + CNN? Sounds good, Paul! I’d love to try it out as well…

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4 Rishi January 7, 2006 at 3:46 am

I’d also like to try it out. If you think its great then I’m sure I’m going to like it too!

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5 Paul D January 7, 2006 at 4:42 am

The community that forms around it is key. I’ve never liked Digg because of its poor comment implementation. If you’ve got a spare invite, I’ll gladly accept one. :)

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6 Nick January 7, 2006 at 4:52 am

If you have any left, i’d love an invite… thanks in advance

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7 Cadmus January 7, 2006 at 5:35 am

Sounds great. I’d like an invite if you still have one. Thanks for the heads-up.

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8 William Pramana January 7, 2006 at 5:35 am

I’d like to give it a try, if you still have an invitation left. Thanks.

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9 Ian Vonesh January 7, 2006 at 5:44 am

I’d like an invite if possible. Thanks.

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10 billg January 7, 2006 at 5:53 am

I’m intrigued. Got any invites left?

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11 Tim January 7, 2006 at 5:58 am

I truly hope that we’ll find “better” comments than those on Digg.com
I also would appreciate an invite to Newsvine if you have some left… Thx Paul :-)

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12 Ian D January 7, 2006 at 6:10 am

Sounds great and hopefully addresses the flaws in Digg – would love to try it out.

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13 Dan January 7, 2006 at 6:36 am

I’ve been looking for an alternative to just standard news sources. I’d like to try it out too, if I’m here in time.

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14 maique madeira January 7, 2006 at 6:57 am

would like to try.
are there any still available ??

thanks

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15 Phil January 7, 2006 at 7:06 am

I wouldn’t mind having a play around with this. Sounds like what I’ve been looking for to keep me informed.

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16 Grant Griffiths January 7, 2006 at 8:21 am

Hey Paul, send me an invite. This looks way cool.

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17 Ballwalkin' Mike January 7, 2006 at 8:37 am

I’ve been dying to get a look at that site ever since Mike Davidson first posted about it on his blog.

Could I get an invite, if you have any left?

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18 Christopher Chan January 7, 2006 at 9:10 am

Hi Phil – would you mind sending me an invitation as well ?

thanks !

Chris

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19 John Pederson January 7, 2006 at 9:12 am

Hit me! :O) Please?

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20 CarLBanks January 7, 2006 at 9:58 am

I’d also be interested in trying out NewsVine.

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21 Greg January 7, 2006 at 10:04 am

i’d like to try this out. Any chance you still have an invite?

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22 Moise January 7, 2006 at 10:09 am

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Newsvine. If you still have some invites, I’d like to have one. Thanks.

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23 oneighturbo January 7, 2006 at 10:12 am

Community = people and people make the site. I like digg but havent really caught on to it.

If you have any invites left, I’d love to give it look.

Keep up the good work!

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24 Dennis January 7, 2006 at 10:21 am

Thanks for the tip Paul. This looks like a great tool that it is going to be the next step for Digg. You hit it, if there is a way I can get an invite it would be great. Thanks…..

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25 Sahil January 7, 2006 at 10:35 am

I would love an invite! If you oblige, please drop a note at email listed (though not published). Cheers,

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26 Mizidy Mizark January 7, 2006 at 10:36 am

As a Digger myself, I would love to take a look at Newsvine to see if it is worthy of a convert :)

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27 Brad January 7, 2006 at 10:53 am

Nice write up! If you’ve got any invites left for Newsvine I’d love to take it out for a test drive.

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28 seahaven January 7, 2006 at 11:05 am

need to see it and so anyone here give me an invite? seahaven@gmail.com

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29 RonB January 7, 2006 at 11:11 am

I’d like to receive an invite if you still have one available. Thanks.

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30 midbach January 7, 2006 at 11:12 am

Looks like a promising concept. If you have an invite left, I would appreciate getting one.

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31 Edmund Yeo January 7, 2006 at 11:22 am

I’m ah, probably too late.

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32 panoptican January 7, 2006 at 12:10 pm

It looks quite nice. Can’t wait to try it out. If you have any invites left, I’d love one.

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33 Pinkfifties January 7, 2006 at 1:34 pm

Sounds very interesting!
I’d love an invite if anyone has one, holler @ pinkfifties . com

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34 andres January 7, 2006 at 1:52 pm

Please, I’d like an invitation Paul!

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35 Justin January 7, 2006 at 2:16 pm

i’ve got some invites — leave a comment in the Newsvine article on my site.

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36 Chris January 7, 2006 at 2:44 pm

I’d like to try this out please.

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37 gpsgazette January 7, 2006 at 3:09 pm

I ve got an account at newsvine daily.newsvine.com but I haven’t started using it yet. Nonetheless it is an excellent idea. We will see how well it will go.

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38 Brian Pinard January 7, 2006 at 3:10 pm

I applied for an invite on the site, I sure hope I get one soon!

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39 Paul Stamatiou January 7, 2006 at 3:23 pm

Sorry guys, I’ve run out. I will try to get another invite from a friend and then hook you all up with invites.

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40 Cameron Olthuis January 7, 2006 at 3:24 pm

I have a couple invites left, first come first serve.

cameron_olthuis at yahoo.com

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41 Allyn January 7, 2006 at 11:58 pm

If you get any extras I would love to receive one.

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42 Twaites January 8, 2006 at 5:30 pm

I’ll step up to the plate and send out some invites for anyone that wants one. Email me at: itzkrazykory[a]gmail.com and i’ll see if i can get one out to you guys. First come first serve.

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43 crystal January 10, 2006 at 6:57 pm

I didn’t know so many wanted invites. I’ll try to get one someplace else

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44 maique madeira January 10, 2006 at 7:00 pm

i also have a couple that i can spare.

mail me at maique at mac dot com if you’re interested.

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45 Gnan January 12, 2006 at 12:49 pm

If you have some more newsvine invite to spare, please do send me.

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46 maique madeira January 12, 2006 at 2:46 pm

done, gnan.

hope you enjoy it…

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47 Rajat January 13, 2006 at 2:56 am

I would really appreciate an invite if you’ve got any left!

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48 Musk January 13, 2006 at 5:58 am

Don’t suppose any of you still have any invites left to donate? I’m a tota l news and tech junkie and would love to check this out. By the way, for any of you that have been trying it, how do you find it? Think its just a fad or do you see it replacing your visits to some of the more mainstream media outlets?

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49 Gerard McGarry January 13, 2006 at 10:23 am

Darn! Looks like I’m too late. Anyone else offering these invites?

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50 maique madeira January 13, 2006 at 10:28 am

done, rajat.

still a couple more…
as i posted (maybe six comments above), i need a mail.
i’m not going around trying to figure out where to send the invites…. all it takes is a mail, while they last.

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51 William Brown January 14, 2006 at 5:46 pm

If anybody still has some invites could you please send one to: insidetheseeyes[at]gmail.com

Thank you.

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52 Rajat January 16, 2006 at 12:35 am

@maique madeira – thanks…

i got invites too…just post ur mail addr….

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53 Gerard McGarry January 16, 2006 at 8:16 am

I’ll take one! mcgarrygerard-at-gmail. Thanks

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54 Neil January 19, 2006 at 3:12 pm

Would love an invite, Rajat
farleyisgod at gmail

Thanks! :)

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55 Rajat January 20, 2006 at 12:08 am

Neil(farleyisgod at gmail), DONE

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56 mck January 26, 2006 at 6:28 pm

Hey rajat! :)

Newsvine looks pretty cool, about to listen to the episode of Inside The Net covering it, if you’ve got any invitations left, I’d love one. :)

Thanks!

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57 Tay September 1, 2006 at 9:06 am

I was invited to come. Interested. Please include me too.

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