AOL Targets Digg, YouTube With New Netscape Site 84
Dotnaught writes "AOL has re-launched its Netscape.com portal as a place where user participation is balanced by moderator control. The renovated site will feature community-driven news and user-submitted video, guided by editors called anchors. "The hive mind sometimes doesn't do a thorough job," says Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network acquired last year by AOL."
As Yoda says (Score:4, Funny)
Re:As Yoda says (Score:2)
and hate leads to... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:As Yoda says (Score:2)
From the link:
Emphasis mine.
Maybe someone should learn how to use stripslashes(). Yeah, it is beta, but a stripslashes
Quelle surprise... (Score:2)
Re:Quelle surprise... (Score:1)
Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:5, Insightful)
Back on topic, the Netscape site is a pretty blatant rip-off of the Digg format - have they no shame? Not only is it the same format, but it's laid out in such a similar fashion. Not particularly imaginative.
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
Even since digg has implemented their digg/bury commenting system (which was an immense improvement) the substance of the comments are basically flamewar fodder and a place to post a link to a mirror, imho.
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:2)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
Re:Targetting Slashdot, too? (Score:1)
You'll see the article in the usual two weeks Digg - /. differential.
Ackkk it's recursive (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ackkk it's recursive (Score:1)
Re:Ackkk it's recursive (Score:2)
:)
Aol copies digg (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Aol copies digg (Score:1)
Re:framing other peoples websites (Score:2)
I believe this (Score:3, Interesting)
Is called
Re:I believe this (Score:3, Interesting)
Although, I honestly don't care about them ripping it off. If it's a good idea, and you think you can make it better, go for it.
Re:I believe this (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm hoping the reply system is more like
Re:I believe this (Score:2)
-Eric
Not targeting Digg... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Not targeting Digg... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Not targeting Digg... (Score:1)
This is not a Digg Killer (Score:2)
I agree. I wrote at Digg [digg.com]:
Terrible design (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Terrible design (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Terrible design (Score:1)
Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:5, Insightful)
That is why sites like Digg et al is a miserable failure from that aspect; the comment section is entirely uninteresting and the intolerance and mob-mentality is mind-numbing. As a tool for staying within a 24hrs of the technology (hype) curve it is successful.
I read Slashdot for the comments and Digg/Playboy for the articles...
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:2)
Is there an ironic tag for posting this on Slashdot?
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:1)
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:1)
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:4, Funny)
YEAH!
Re:Pointless: Fark content meets Digg layout... (Score:2)
Too many ads. (Score:2)
Plus it doesnt render properly for firefox.
Re:Too many ads. (Score:2)
Delightfully ironic, since the Netscape browser and Firefox both have Mozilla origins. It's a sad day when Netscape is targeting their websites for IE.
-Eric
Re:Too many ads. (Score:2)
This is not a new phenomenon (Score:1)
Slashdotted (Score:1)
What are they saying? (Score:2)
"The hive mind sometimes doesn't do a thorough job," says Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network acquired last year by AOL."
And AOL does do a thorough job? A thorough job of screwing up, maybe...
Beta (Score:1)
Re:Beta (Score:1)
just not easy on the eyes (Score:1)
In short, people won't want to stick around long because they won't feel comfortable.
Good forum example are here, or the X3-reunion forum. Nice layout, decent colour scheme, interesting to read, and very well moderated.
Who's their target? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Re:Who's their target? (Score:3, Insightful)
My guess is that it won't
Digg upgrades! (Score:1)
Re:Digg upgrades! (Score:1)
aol, netscape (Score:1)
Yaaaaayy! (Score:2)
Reminds me of this pile of crap [pennlive.com] we have for our area.
Yip-pee... (Score:1)
Somewhat tangential (Score:2)
Does anyone remember when Netscape was the browser of choice? Then the moment that AOL bought Netscape, it went straight to crap, and I don't know anyone who uses Netscape as their web browser anymore.
Based on that (via an admitted quantum leap), I can't see how a Netscape link-aggregation site can possibly succeed in the face of very popular existing sites in the same vein.
Sometimes, Old People Lose Their Vision (Score:2)
This has been the core strategy of AOL ever since they were taken over by Time Warner (yes - I know they bought TW). AOL executives see something online, and immediately give marching orders to copy it. Here are some examples:
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They mention the Slashdot Effect in there (Score:2)
This is potentially a threat to net neutrality. For one, netscape.com has 811 million pageviews per month. That's a shitload of traffic going here and there. What if Netscape's service does a slashdot effect many orders greater than what Slashdot itself can create? This will have many, MANY web providers and their customers going "My bandwidth is choked! My NICs are Frying!!! Throttle these people down, please!!!!!!" and the next
Will they cancel my moderatation every 30 days? (Score:2)
90% of the time, when I sign in to my Netscape email account, it has been deactivated. That's one of the reasons that my Yahoo and gmail accounts both get more use. I know they're trying to get me to sign in more often, but the fact that it is an effectively unreliable email address tends to produce the opposite effect.
What if I take a break and decide to stop using the portal for a month? Will they
Beta? (Score:1)
- RG>
check out the story on AOL.com :S (Score:1)
The comments are great
The Mind (Score:3, Funny)
'The AOL has re-gurgitated its Netscape.com portal as a place where user
participation is monitored by master-controllers. The renovated site
will feature minion-driven news and peon-submitted video, guided
by godlike editor entities called anchors. "The hive mind sometimes
doesn't do a thorough job", says The Queen, Overlord of Weblogs, Inc.,
a mind-control network acquired last year by the AOL.'
Don't ask me why...
Top story on netscape.com (Score:2)
Brand Necrophilia (Score:2)
The New New New New Netscape (Score:1)
Re:The New New New New Netscape (Score:1)
Re: (Score:1)
AOL Is Going Down (Score:2)
Netscape 4.7? (Score:1)
Doesn't run on Netscape Server though (Score:1)
I thought netscape/aol had some server software? Sad and quite typical they don't use their product.
Thank dog I've got flash blocker.