Invites to Newsvine

February 27, 2006 7:21 PM

Newsvine. It was posted to the front page before, but it's still in beta and is pretty much invite-only. I have the ability to invite 20 of my nearest, dearest friends to join in. I realize that excludes the vast majority of you all, but I just thought I'd throw it out there. If you'd like an invitation, send e-mail to emelenjr at gmail dot com.
posted by emelenjr to MetaFilter-related at 7:21 PM (57 comments total)

What's it do?
posted by sohcahtoa at 7:24 PM on February 27, 2006

It is Newsfilter. Seriously. A private Newsfilter.
posted by Loto at 7:33 PM on February 27, 2006

via the wikimapedia: Newsvine is a website consisting of a community-driven newsonomy. Users write articles and save links to external content, vote, comment and chat on article pages created by both users and journalists from the Associated Press.
posted by danb at 7:33 PM on February 27, 2006

Also, once emelenjr hands out his 20, I have 20 to hand out, also, if there is need.
posted by Loto at 7:33 PM on February 27, 2006

I would love one. andrew.burd at gmail.com

Thanks
posted by aburd at 7:34 PM on February 27, 2006

I'm having trouble finding the original thread, which was deleted due to Newsvine being invite-only, but it seems to be about reading news stories as well as writing your own stories published on your own subdomain (you.newsvine.com) that will generate ad revenue for you. I'm still trying to figure it out myself. I was intrigued by the earlier FPP and signed up through the site to be a beta tester, which is how I ended up with the invitations. Not sure if non-members will be able to view this page, but here's Newsvine's Welcome To Newsvine page.
posted by emelenjr at 7:37 PM on February 27, 2006

This'd be damned handy at the moment.

cortex fat neuralnexus blot net
posted by cortex at 7:39 PM on February 27, 2006

were you guys on the "private beta mailing list" ?
posted by amberglow at 7:39 PM on February 27, 2006

Thanks for the invite emelenjr, it seems mostly to be AP feeds at the moment, with people able to comment on them or publish their own news feeds within the community. I wish you could filter what you got as news though, and it's much more US centric than the CBC/BBC stuff I usually read.
posted by furtive at 7:46 PM on February 27, 2006

It's like digg/delicious combined with News. I find it tiring, like too much work, but it'll be cool when thousands of geeks start hammering on it.

I have a zillion invites. ping me over IM and I'll send a few.
posted by mathowie at 7:51 PM on February 27, 2006

Newsonomy?
posted by brownpau at 7:56 PM on February 27, 2006

I have twenty invites too, so email me at tracyh at gmail if you want one.
posted by tracicle at 8:44 PM on February 27, 2006

I also have 20 invites.

My email is [e-mail] if you want one.
posted by Dreamghost at 8:44 PM on February 27, 2006

I'd like one as well. matkline-at-gmail-dot-com. Thanks!
posted by matkline at 9:08 PM on February 27, 2006

newsonomy?

"NEWSFUCKINGONOMY?"

What the hell is that?
posted by scarabic at 9:14 PM on February 27, 2006

I agree with mathowie.

Also, they need to figure out a way for actual new items to bubble up to the top. It's kind of annoying right now to try and find some interesting new data.

And there's no metatalk-like central area for issues to be discussed. I feel like I'm just floating in some sort of News Overload Ether over there.
posted by blacklite at 9:15 PM on February 27, 2006

wait wait yeah, I just saw 'newsonomy', too, on re-scanning the thread after my comment.

does it actually say newsonomy?

... wow.
posted by blacklite at 9:16 PM on February 27, 2006

I was responsible for the oops-I-fucked-up-FPP, and have been handing out apologetic invites since. I think I have 15 left. I'll be glad to hand them around, unless your MeFi handle is Glider or thirteenkiller.

I keed, I keed.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:36 PM on February 27, 2006

Someone send me one. I must know what a newsonomy is. It's got to be either a collaborative filter or a surgical procedure.
posted by scarabic at 10:25 PM on February 27, 2006

I'd hate there to be something going on and for me to miss out on an invite.

g (dot) williamson (at) gmail (dot) com

Cheers, big ears.
posted by Jimbob at 10:31 PM on February 27, 2006

Can some kind soul invite me to the party? a_berk_in_berkeley (at) hotmail (dot) com. Ta.
posted by MrMustard at 11:03 PM on February 27, 2006

In retrospect, I like 'newsonomy' more (just slightly more) than I like 'folksonomy', which the boing boing wankfesters were tossing around a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, it has a wikipedia entry, unlike 'newsonomy'.

There are just some words that make me want to stab people with spoons when I see them.
posted by blacklite at 11:03 PM on February 27, 2006

I don't think anyone would ever have uttered "newsonomy" if "folksonomy" hadn't been out there so long. Your feelings about the blogosphere wankers notwithstanding, at least "folksonomy" preserves one more consonant of "taxonomy" in a clever x --> ks bit of letter-play :)

scarabic.newsvine.com

You've gotta love a site that gives you a subdomain as soon as you finish the 6-line standard reg form.
posted by scarabic at 11:09 PM on February 27, 2006

I mean, shit, the next thing you know, the menu at McDonalds will be called a "burgeronomy"
posted by scarabic at 11:10 PM on February 27, 2006

Hmm, it's slow as hell at the moment, to the point of making Firefox freeze, but it certainly has potential. I'm going to "beta-test" it by posting every minor bit of local political news to the Politics section and see whether I get complaints or congratulations. I encourage other non-US citizens who are pissed off about the US gettting its own top-level category to do the same.

By the way, it appears I now have 20 invites too. If the others run out, email me.
posted by Jimbob at 11:26 PM on February 27, 2006

I too would like an invite: [e-mail]


If you read this and it's been an hour or three since I posted and you're graciously fixin' to give me an invite, check down-thread first; I'll post a followup when I get one.
posted by loquacious at 11:43 PM on February 27, 2006

You don't have to look down-thread far, I'm in. Thanks Tracy!
posted by loquacious at 1:06 AM on February 28, 2006

Me too? Pretty please?
[e-mail]
posted by allen.spaulding at 1:57 AM on February 28, 2006

Sent.

How you will be seen on the site — e.g. John Smith or supergerbil420.

... !?

I must say, that's a pretty slick interface going on over at that Newsvine.
posted by loquacious at 2:13 AM on February 28, 2006

I'd like to give this a go as well.
david [dot] warner [at] gmail [dot] com
posted by HiddenInput at 2:59 AM on February 28, 2006

I also have invites available
My email is in my profile.
posted by adamvasco at 3:38 AM on February 28, 2006

Yeah, it is a NewsFilter that is unashamed about it. Too soon to say but my initial impression is that it is quite civil. With SpoFi choking on its own popularity it is a nice sports outlet as well.

Be certain to check out the NewsVine Primer.

I've a few invites left if anyone else needs in.
posted by geekyguy at 3:39 AM on February 28, 2006

Could I get an invite?

[e-mail]
posted by reklaw at 4:49 AM on February 28, 2006

I would grant someone a noprize for sending me one.

[e-mail]
posted by drezdn at 5:17 AM on February 28, 2006

I'd like to check it out as well. Please send an invite to [e-mail]. Grazi!
posted by haqspan at 5:41 AM on February 28, 2006

I've got 17000 invites, and you bastards aren't getting any of them.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:05 AM on February 28, 2006

Even me?
posted by TwelveTwo at 6:32 AM on February 28, 2006

May I please have an invite?

[e-mail]

Thanks.
posted by briank at 6:38 AM on February 28, 2006

Stingy bastard, stavros.

Would some kind person please send me an invite.
[e-mail]
posted by Tarrama at 6:46 AM on February 28, 2006

I have six left. E-mail me.
posted by emelenjr at 7:29 AM on February 28, 2006

I've got 18 invites, if anyone gets this far downthread without one, e-mail me. It's in my profile.
posted by blacklite at 7:41 AM on February 28, 2006

I have 20 accounts to give out too, if anyone wants one. Contact asparagirl at dca dot net.
posted by Asparagirl at 7:50 AM on February 28, 2006

I tried it and really didn't like it. Too much content not enough filtering. Zero worthwhile discussion.
posted by srboisvert at 8:16 AM on February 28, 2006

Jimbob writes "I'm going to 'beta-test' it by posting every minor bit of local political news to the Politics section and see whether I get complaints or congratulations. I encourage other non-US citizens who are pissed off about the US gettting its own top-level category to do the same."

Also my plan. The lack of Canadian news was quite alarming.

I've got invites too, any Canadians who want in my email is in my profile.
posted by Mitheral at 8:17 AM on February 28, 2006

[e-mail] would like one if available :)
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 10:14 AM on February 28, 2006

This thread is a veritable invitonomy.
posted by scarabic at 11:18 AM on February 28, 2006

I'm building a members-only web 2.0 app devoted to invitonometrics. I have three invites available. You may begin bargaining.
posted by cortex at 12:48 PM on February 28, 2006

Toss me into the fray. I'll add Canuck content.
posted by five fresh fish at 12:54 PM on February 28, 2006

Interesting, but I don't quite see the point - it just has all the news I read this morning on it, and no one commenting on anything. And I'm not sure adding non-US content is worth the bother - the whole thing seems set up to be an Americonomy (eg. there aren't even subcategories by country under Europe!).

I have a faint memory of a MetaFilter user setting up something sort of similiar to this, only a bit more useful, a couple of years back - I think it was a site that magically suggested stories you'd be interested in based on what you submitted/rated/posted on your own weblog (don't think it did discussion stuff, though). Can't remember the name, though - anyone know what I'm on about?

Cheers for the invite Dreamghost!
posted by jack_mo at 3:34 PM on February 28, 2006

Can I have an invite?

[e-mail]

Thanks!
posted by graventy at 3:45 PM on February 28, 2006

This is Nina, respectfully requesting an invite:
s t r o h m i n g e r @ g m a i l

Thanking you in advance...
posted by mowglisambo at 6:54 PM on February 28, 2006

Hit me! Please! ...but with an invite!

joshua daht conner aht gmail daht com
posted by joshuaconner at 12:05 AM on March 1, 2006

If anyone would be so inclined to send an invite my way, I would be greatly appreciative. I must feed my news addiction, and it would make a great late birthday present. :)

JustOrb at gmail
posted by Orb at 5:42 AM on March 1, 2006

assuming invites still exist, offline (at) offlineblog.com would be happy to have one
posted by ChrisR at 6:49 AM on March 1, 2006

Did we break it? I had six invitations left, and now I don't seem to have any.
posted by emelenjr at 7:14 AM on March 1, 2006

If there's any left, I'd like one please jcgoldstein at cox dot net
posted by Ruki at 8:12 AM on March 1, 2006

Any left? [e-mail] please! Thank you.
posted by omair at 9:38 AM on March 1, 2006