Via ARS Technica
By David Chartier | Published: October 01, 2008 – 07:07AM CT
NPR has taken a further step into social media by introducing NPR Community, its own social network wrapped around the organization’s vast content library. Facebook and Digg certainly won’t have anything to worry about, but Ars Technica signed up to see what a national public radio network is capable of when it meshes its content with worldwide community tools.
Largely centered around an aggregate homepage, NPR Community is indeed one part Facebook and one part Digg, with decidedly fewer advertising spots and a focus on fostering positive conversation. One portion of the homepage collects the most popular, recommended, and commented stories from each section of NPR’s site, and yes, you can finally comment on and vote up (or “recommend”) NPR.org stories.
Other portions of this page collect editors’ picks from the comments and show recently active users.
