The Emergence of News 2.0

Inspired partly by a post by Rich Skrenta, Paul Montgomery has drawn up a News 2.0 feature list which compares some of the more interesting players in this space. Paul has put up a nice table comparing their offerings, but I'll just reprint the full list:

Associated Content

Backfence

Bayosphere
Digg

Digg

Findory

Pegasus News
Reddit

TailRank

Topix.net

Tinfinger On the surface, News 2.0 feels a bit like a contest between an orange and a spaceship and a potted plant and a spoon - the grouping seems odd because the services feel very different to use. But when you look more closely, you realize there's a common feature set for News 2.0. And as each service tries to tick all the boxes, we're going to see a massive crossover between their offerings. In fact, it's already happening - Google last week added a recommended posts feature to Google News, while Tailrank is adding practically everything on the list.