Comments on: Questions for Mike Davidson

By: william

william — Wed, 03 May 2006 09:32:16 +0000

“What is the strength of your organization?”
“Has Newsvine reached that much height where u wanted it to be?”
“To u prefer any one Newsvine writer?”

By: Dat Nguyen

Dat Nguyen — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:45:06 +0000

I really want to like Newsvine but I fear that story quality will lessen as the population grows. There are only a few large communities on the Internet that have maintained their respectability through devices like strong moderation and/or member fees. How will you enforce good community standards to avoid trivial news stories and unintelligent discussions?

By: Faruk AteÅŸ

Faruk AteÅŸ — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:30:39 +0000

For Klondike Mike:

Was there ever a point between now and when you guys started out with Newsvine (i.e. left Disney) where you went “Geeze, this is so much more fun, how come we didn’t do this years earlier?” — despite the obvious trick being that you might simply not have had the idea for it that long before?

By: Colin D. Devroe

Colin D. Devroe — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:16:46 +0000

I’ve asked him this before, but he has dodged me. I want the newsvine header to shrink in height when I browse it on my 12″ ibook. Since MD uses a 12″ Powerbook, he should sympathize.

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:03:00 +0000

Dustin beat me to it – Scrivs, definitely ask Mike D. how he feels about the “Digg-esque” commenting going on at Newsvine; that’s something I’ve been wondering about also…

By: Mike Papageorge

Mike Papageorge — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:21:17 +0000

Hmm.. I’d love to hear more about the backend, which after seeing some error messages pop up in the early beta, it seems to be built with PHP.

- External libraries etc, which ones and why?
- Did you build on a framework, or build a Newsvine specific framework?
- What programming lessons were learned along the way by the team?
- How quickly can you roll in a new feature? In the beta, many features were rolled in in stages, what were some of the dev times?
And most importantly:
- What the heck happened to my request for an interview? I am so going to kick yer ass in IKNFL next year (you too scrivs. And croftie)

By: Jeff Wheeler

Jeff Wheeler — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:00:16 +0000

1. “What can you tell us about the back-end of Newsvine?”
2. “How many people currently work at Newsvine?”
3. “What’s the traffic like now that you’re public?”

By: Marc KÃ¶hlbrugge

Marc KÃ¶hlbrugge — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:19:39 +0000

1 “Has Newsvine become what you expected it to be?” or something along those lines..
2 “Who are your favourite Newsvine writers?”
3 “How did you came up with the name ‘Newsvine’ ?

By: Dustin Diaz

Dustin Diaz — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:17:29 +0000

Hey Mike,
Do you see a trend in the comments at Newsvine looking a lot like those of Digg.com? Does that bother you? Or do you even really care? Oh. And if you had to be a fruit, which one would you be?

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:24:34 +0000

No questions for Klondike Mike Croftie? You going soft all of a sudden?