Newsvine is a news website owned by MSNBC.com. It is not a news agency in itself, but rather draws from other news sources such as the AP. It is editor free and allows its users to determine which news stories are the most important.
One of the ways it does this is through its "vote up" option. Each article posted on the site is accompanied by an icon that allows readers to "vote up" the article. The articles with the most votes appear on the "top of the vine" page. The "top of the vine" page can also be sorted by articles with the most comments.
It also allows users to start their own column to comment on events of the day. This is essentially a blog, but newsvine and its users like to think of it as something more than that. Users can seed in news stories from other websites as well. Finally, users can create a community of friends whose interests they share. You can comment on other users' articles and see what they are seeding in, etc.
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