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UK: FT abandons staff ratings after mass criticism
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on February 22, 2007 at 9:52 AM
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NewsTrust: social ratings for quality journalism
Posted by John Burke on November 28, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Like many aspects of the Web, news is becoming a collaborative activity. Social news sites such as digg.com and Newsvine have infinitely increased their audience over the past year, attracting audiences through a system of voting on their favorite stories. But sometimes democracy doesn’t provide the
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2006/11/newstrust_social_ratings_for_q.php&bodytext=<img width="239" vspace="3" hspace="3" height="41" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/NewsTrust.png" />Like many aspects of the Web, news is becoming a collaborative activity. Social news sites such as digg.com and Newsvine have infinitely increased their audience over the past year, attracting audiences through a system of voting on their favorite stories. But sometimes democracy doesn’t provide the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2006/01/seattle_times_most_popular_2005_news_sto.php">best in news</a>. To fill the gap between traditional editorial boards and the wisdom of the crowds, a social news site based on trust has been created. <a target="_blank" href="http://beta.newstrust.net/webx/?@89.zQ1aaVeEahj@">NewsTrust.net</a>, which goes public today, strives to help newshounds find quality journalism. The site’s founder, <strong>Fabrice Florin</strong>, gave the Editors Weblog a sneak peek at the ideas and hard work behind the latest in social news.<br />&title=NewsTrust: social ratings for quality journalism){kind=link}