After looking at Digg, Mixx, Newsvine and Reddit, I decided to register for Newsvine because I didn't know anything about it and haven't really heard much about it. Also I decided on it, because I found the format easier to find news in. On the front page, I found liked that I was able to add or get rid of different modules depending on my interest. I was able to put up my local weather and news, which I tend to look for first. The one thing I enjoy about the social media sites in general, is that they allow regular people to bring news stories to our attention, that might have been overlooked by big media or deemed unimportant. Of course, after reading certain stories, some of them could have been left hidden.
I can see the library using a social media site to post stories about the library or to keep updated on hot topics. Although a significant way to find out whats happening, I don't see these being used so much. When I began looking at Newsvine, I find story after story and it can become overwhelming. I will either use the general categories to search by topic of my interest or search for a topic. Otherwise, this can be a big time waster/procrastination attempt for me. There are so many sources of news media these days, that we are bombarded with them constantly. I like to keep current on what is happening around the world, but I will probably stick to scanning the online newspapers I usually look at.
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