Comments on: Newsvine: First Day Traffic, Reviews, and More

By: Marcel

Marcel — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Woooh, after reading all your comments it’s got me curious too!
Is there somebody who could invite me? mail @ marcelfahle.com

Tanks!! :)

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It appear the comment body cut off the url, that url is again: Newsvine Using PHP

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Doug. I could have told you that. :)

We’re also using SQL Server, Java, Flash, and pretty-close-to-valid XHTML as well… in case anyone’s interested.

By: Su

Su — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"Pretty close" is not good enough! (You and I haven't had too much contact, but I think you know where I really stand on the matter.) Yay on the launch, though. I had a fun hour or so in chat with Jakob Heuser trying to break stuff and figure out what it was all built with.

By: DW

DW — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It all sounds really interesting, but how do i get an invite?

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

DW, you could ask here an give us you Emailadress. Users can invite “friends”. Same thing as with Gmail, Orkut, and sites like that :)

By: Guido

Guido — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If the SQLserver had a high cost, what made you choose that over MySql ?

Why are the users here focusing on how much money Mike et all will make? The #1 way to generate money on the Internet in 2006 is traffic. Get the traffic, get that traffic involved in your site, make that traffic come back – often.. then the money will comes. Whether it’s word revenue, whether it’s ad placement or whether it’s by being acquired — if the site is good, the money will come.

I’m actually excited by your comments Mike where you talk about the other 95%. The first thought I had with the comments on storys was, “boy would it be great if the author of this story (say an ABC story), was involved in the commenting of this story.

Right now the internet is about 1% of the same people commenting/blogging on the same sites. A goal — a lofty one at that – would be to get “normal” users commenting on these stories.

Now if this is the case, that’s an interesting design challenge — how to handle 100+ comments on a story effectively.

Enough blabber from me .. I love the site so far.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great job guys!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think you’ve really hit a homerun here Mike. I’m still getting a feel for the site, the fucntionality, and options, but I plan to be pretty darn active. Many of your concepts here are extremely interesting. I assume people smarter then I will analyze it 24/7 as the community grows over time.

I would like to ask one favor. If possible, meaning it won’t hurt your business model, I’d love to have some more insight into the product development, how you planned, et al.

Good luck!

By: fraffra

fraffra — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

About Rss users: a study from Yahoo! and Ipsos collected data: only 12% of internet users are aware of Rss and only 4% uses it. There are more interesting data, for example about rss users profile, and about "unaware rss users". http://publisher.yahoo.com/rss/RSS_whitePaper1004.pdf I'm very very curious to see Newsvine. Anyone want to invite me?? I can write about it in Italy! ;-))

By: DW

DW — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ok, so could anyone invite me please? :-)
My email address is d.dewilde [AT] home.nl

By: Bill Shein

Bill Shein — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Mike et al,

I’d love an invite to try out Newsvine. As a writer/journalist, I’m particularly interested in the “citizen journalist” angle.

Many thanks and best of luck,

Bill Shein
bill [*at*] the domain listed directly below.
http://www.reasongonemad.com

By: brian white

brian white — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Loved the review of the site. I tried to sign up without an invite, which I guess won’t work. Please send an invite to wbrianwhite@hotmail.com. Looking forward to it.

Brian

By: John Sweeney

John Sweeney — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve commented on news now to a small circle of techies & writers
in New York’s Hudson Valley for about 5 years, but we’re feeling crowded out by scams, spam, and commercials.

Invite me, and I promise to add insight, spark, and seriousness
where needed, and keep it all short.

Thanks…
John Sweeney
Buchanan New York

By: Tim G

Tim G — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Looks like a fascinating concept, Mike. I would love an invite.

tim @ timgallant . org

Thanks!