"socialmedian is all about personalized news - helping people get the news that matters most to them on any number of topics from any number of sources. Our hunch is that people with common topical interests can help each other filter and discover personally relevant news. If you think about it, for decades news organizations have been filtering the news for their readers/viewers, suggesting what they should pay attention to on any given day. Our site basically asks (and is attempting to answer) a big question: What if, instead of just the media companies filtering the news, we could collectively filter the news for each other down to the specific topic level, for an infinite number of topics? Imagine, for instance, if you could know on any given day what articles just your most trusted friends or colleagues are finding important. Or, if you were able to know what every person who has your job title is finding interesting. Or, if you could know what thousands of people from all around the world are f" - Jay Deragon from Bookmarklet

First impression, from the alpha stage...not new, and a lot like news spam. Second impression, form today's release - could be decent but I need to let it run for a day or 2. Still not convinced it is more valuable that my Google Reader account or FF. - David

I like the ease and speed of clipping news stories, that's for sure, and I'm already growing a following, which I like. - Tamar Weinberg

I don't know what it is, but for some reason socialmedian seems rather fiddly. Perhaps it's the sheer number of options and ways to vote. I'm still using it though - for me it's a lot faster than the similar Twine which is a bonus. And like Tamar, I've already got a following, albeit small. Sadly the auto-share with Networks feature hasn't yet worked for me. :( - David Young

I like the concept, but think I prefer FriendFeed for as a source of links. An intelligent hide option to easily get rid of unwanted stories (and lower the priority of similar stories) would be good - a lot of noise there. - David Sim