[Imc-alternatives] Case Study: Good News Network

[Josef Davies-Coates]

On 22/02/2008, Sheri Herndon <sheri at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> i'd love to see an online news network that really does great news
> (positive alternatives) and incorporates advertising.  does such a thing
> exist?
>

I started having a quick look for one (does treehugger count? probably not
quite) before realising its hard for me to tell because I block ads with
adblock plus :)

However, a friend is in the process of setting me up a drupal-powered news
aggregation and rating site that I will seed with some of my own favourite
feeds (and other custom feeds I'll create using
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ ).

The site will suck in and re-publish feeds (using
http://drupal.org/project/feedapi ) and then allow anyone to up/down them
digg-style (like http://www.drigg.org/ )

I want to start playing with http://www.reblog.org/ too:

"A reBlog facilitates the process of filtering and republishing relevant
content from many RSS feeds. reBloggers subscribe to their favorite feeds,
preview the content, and select their favorite posts. These posts are
automatically published through their favorite blogging software."

I'm looking forward to being able to subscribe to the feeds for top rated
content from the aggregated site and then rebloging my favourites :)

Watch this space...

Smiles,

Josef.


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> sheri
> *On Fri Feb 22 11:56 , lancaster-imc at riseup.net sent:
>
> *
>
> Yes, I am usually turned off by advertising, as are likely most of us. I
> do, however, think that when it is done with the correct principles, and
> fitting design, it can be mutually beneficial. I know this is not a
> popular opinion, but I tend to speak frankly about my own views. One
> example of a mostly appropriate ad design is Facebook: they are, in most
> cases, small and off to the side left or right. Also, anyone can easily
> use the, including grassroots, etc. And it is cheap. For me, thinking
> about sustainability, it can be mutually beneficial to both user and
> provider. All groups have outreach strategies, and spend money to do just
> that. The people providing the service need to be able to have funding to
> keep the services going, even if they are ran by volunteers or
> collectives.
>
> I just thought I would take this as an opportunity to share an unpopular
> opinion, or at least one that is often not spoken of. I think the best
> things in life are exchanged, rather than free. Everything is an exchange
> of some sort.
>
> I am not tryint to cause strife, and I agree, their ad placement was
> annoying and distracting. But I think there can be both pros and cons to
> ads. Radical seeds, for example, advertises in the Progressive, as do
> other collective-minded groups. The Progressive does not use annoying ad
> placement either.
>
> Michael
>
> >
> > thanks strypey,
> > i love the idea of good news network, although it's an interesting
> > question around the criteria of how do we define "good". but regardless
> > of that challenge to engage with the diverse of what "good" might entail
> > to a larger global social activist community, i just can't stand the
> ads.
> > so while i'm reading the benefits of vitamin D i have to see ads about
> > things that make me cringe. i am not sure i could even subscribe.
> > so yes, great idea and flawed delivery design.
> > sheri
> >
> > By means of all created things,
> > without exception, the divine assails us,
> > penetrates us, and molds us.
> > We imagined it as distant and
> > inaccessible, whereas in fact
> > we live steeped in its burning layers.
> >
> > ~~ Teilhard de Chardin
> >
> > On Fri Feb 22 10:51 , lancaster-imc at riseup.net sent:
> >
> > http://www.earthsite.net/<https://wmail.speakeasy.net/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthsite.net%2F>
> > http://www.footprintmedia.net/<https://wmail.speakeasy.net/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.footprintmedia.net%2F>
> >
> > these two design groups were listed below, and they list the types of
> > languages, etc they use at bottom of their front pages, I think.
> > Michaelv
> >
> > > Kia ora koutou
> > >
> > > A friend I met over the summer encouraged me to check out the Good
> News
> > > Network:
> > > http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/<https://wmail.speakeasy.net/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodnewsnetwork.org%2F>
> > >
> > > This is a site that aggregates positive news stories. I havn't looked
> > much
> > > into
> > > what back-end code or editorial policy they use, but scanning over the
> > > front
> > > page and looking at a couple of highlighted stories was encouraging. I
> > > wonder if
> > > we can learn much from this site about look-and-feel and usability for
> > a
> > > themed
> > > collection of news.
> > >
> > > RnB
> > > Strypes
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