Say No To Magnoto

 By 
Pete Cashmore
 on 
Say No To Magnoto
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I hate to be negative twice in one day, but I'm not crazy about Magnoto. The service, which launched in February, is a cross between a blogging platform and an ajax start page. They announced a mobile version yesterday, but frankly I'm concerned about whether the core concept makes sense.

I guess what bugs me here is the theming - every page is supposed to resemble a "refrigerator door" with notes and photos pinned to it (the analogy breaks down when you post video clips). Perhaps it's just me, but this seems slightly patronizing. The interface is hard to use, and it's very much a beta release. What's more, Magnoto appears to limit you to widgets built in-house - in the age of aggregation, that doesn't seem like the best strategy.

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