Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses
(Updated at bottom with more discussion on differences from Digg, others)
Thoof is the latest company seeking to offer news readers articles that are relevant to them.
The Austin, Tex. company launched today, boasting an approach it says is more useful to the wider masses than competitors such as Digg, Reddit, NewsVine, NowPublic, Topix and others that seek to rank articles. Thoof’s trick is to latch on to information it finds about users’ news tastes, store this… Continue Reading