Meneame

Meneame? Ever heard of it? Think again - Digg was used as an inspiration to this Spanish on-line news digest. This is the page where many internet users are free to post the stories that they encounter while sufing the net, or even heard of somewhere and went online to check out what's going on.

Resources of this kind remind of some periodicals - like Reader's Digest, etc. However, is it the same when it comes to Internet thing? Maybe, and maybe not.

Many of current "news sites" are, in fact, a compilation of each other, sometimes even repeating the typos of peers. So, when it comes to content, it should not be a great deal if another compilation site appears. But this one is comprised of stories which are rated by people, so you are not likely to read about another wild party with Lindsay Lohan for 2 weeks in a row.

So, when it comes to difference, Meneame has its point, especially considering a part of Spanish-speaking audience that is not English-speaking. Should they worry of "clones"(did I say, it's an open-source project)? Not likely. These will appear, but as one my friend said - "If I subscribe to everything, I end up reading nothing". This place belongs to the first one - unless the owner decides to close domain.

Now, let's consider commericialization of Meneame - after all, it went straight-line from 0 to 300 000 users in less than 6 months. You could sell ads on the webpages - true, but what if propose to make a "also featured" exhibit on the news page of top-quoted newsmakers? Say, you're reading an article from El Pais posted by Jose this morning and you're able to get more headlines on their webpage...