Reddit goes 'Independent,' says more deals to come

[jasonlbaptiste]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10073719-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

[catone]

The real question is: will the voting actually influence the paper's editorial?

Will outside links show up on the Independent.co.uk homepage if people vote them up via the new Reddit-powered system? or will the results of users voting be confined to the Reddit page?

[Prrometheus]

Much of the online world still uses stupid forum and comment software that sorts topics and comments in the order they were received. This enables trolls and makes conversation difficult. I look forward to the day that we see the last "bump"

[biohacker42]

I wonder if Slashdot will enter the same market.

Could we see competing moderation and meta-moderation products in social media?

It seems to me like that could be a hot market.

[zandorg]

This story is mostly gibberish to me. Apart from that, Reddit ruined Wired and turned it into a big crowd blog.

[palish → zandorg]

The title is editorialized. Its translation is "The U.K. newspaper 'Independent' is going to use Reddit's voting system".

But I guess informative headlines aren't catchy enough.

[jwilliams → palish]

Also, for the curious, the actual site itself is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/independent/

[netcan → jwilliams]

Ghost town at the moment.

[zandorg → netcan]

Sorry, but I have to say: I'll Dreddit...