I’ll admit… I’ve been slow to adopt Propeller as a regular daily stop of mine. Propeller, owned by AOL, has never really been that attractive to me for one reason or another.
The site, like Digg, Slashdot, R-igg, and Sphinn, uses an ALGO that creates an environment where users determine what news is hot and what is not.
It’s a good idea, but one that many others have already implemented and done a good job of. So Propeller hasn’t really brought anything new to the table. Until now that is.
Propeller just launched user groups. A feature that Digg hasn’t been able to put to good use, and a feature that may very well attract new users such as myself. There are already user groups for a plethora of interest… such as social media, search engines, satire, etc. I just started a group called Bloggers Lounge, and I’m looking forward to messing around with it and inviting some friends.
Overall I give the new groups feature two thumbs up, and I think it’s a good move on Propeller’s part.
Good stuff!
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I’m going to check it out the groups. Digg, Propeller’s main competitor has actually discouraged users from “grouping” in the past, because they fear that the users might actually Digg each others’ stories (Collective Gasp!) and mess with Digg’s fine-tuned “Algorithm.”
It will be interesting to see what affect (if any) this has on the types of stories that become populare on Propeller.