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Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

fred — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:48:48 -0000

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Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

diller — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:58:50 -0000

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Andres Alterini — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:43:15 -0000

Did you know http://www.keegy.com it's working in spanish version from early this year and recently launched US version. The idea is very similar, but, we have working from the last 6 months :P

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Scott — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:13:53 -0000

Digg? Thoof? Cavenger? Which is best? For my money, I'd say Cavenger

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Mike — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:11:24 -0000

Just another news site to me, this isn't anything new, clever or useful

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Matt Marshall — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:01:52 -0000

Gabe,

Good point on Findory -- should have mentioned.

From the wording at its site, Findory looks to use the collaborative filtering technology, which I mentioned lower in the story, which Clarke says he found problems with. He built one of these filters while at Revver, and decided to avoid it at Thoof.

The other difference is Thoof's use of collaborative editing to ensure story accuracy.

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Zeta — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:58:24 -0000

$1M for this? If the founding, connections, etc. can make it fly through partnerships et al, great. Otherwise, I don't see this getting anywhere.

Regardless, I just visited the site and I've got an "Internal error" :-(

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Daniel Parson — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:20:28 -0000

Congoo.com and news.google.com blows this site away.

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Paul Taylor — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:29:49 -0000

I quite like the name, rhymes with "truth".

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

Gabe — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:55:19 -0000

Why the comparison with Digg but not Findory?

Re: Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses

petekazanjy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:48:46 -0000

Whoever came up with that name should be tazed. "Thoof"? It sounds like "fluff" which is the last think I would want my "news site" associated with.

Gracious me, who OKs these names?