Hi Jeff (and everyone), I've looked a few times at the News page on Syndic8.com, and often it is filled with what looks like postings in spam blogs. Aside from being an easy way to find feeds to reject, this strikes me as a bad thing for multiple reasons: First, it helps the spammers by increasing their exposure. Second, it decreases the value of that page for Syndic8 users.
I was thinking it would be really cool if that page was modified so that it only showed headlines for feeds that meet specific criteria that should eliminate most or all of the "junk." For example, it could only display headlines for feeds that were suggested by a Syndic8 user (i.e., not by a ping or something like that), and maybe only if that user has a certain number of points -- not something exorbitant, but maybe 10 or 25. An added feature might be to randomly select somebody in the top 100 users (point-wise) to "highlight" for a month with any of their headlines appearing on top (or, that position could be another revenue source). I don't know what changes would be required on the back end for this to happen, but I wanted to at least get the idea out there to be kicked around. -- Stuart Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.just-stuart.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
