The social news network – Comunitee, launched its beta version, making it, a one-stop news delivery device which makes it easier for people to find news, read, discuss and share their interest with their circle of friends. Comunitee is a blend of the words community and committee. The site provides a customized news feed that learns that interests based on what on you read. Discovering and discussing is done in an easy way and it promises to change the way which you use normally to consume daily news.
The news site is smarter when compared to the RSS reader. The news is refreshed for every 60 seconds. Comunitee has promised a writer regarding this. The greatest advantage in this site is, that, there is no need to connect to a Twitter or Facebook account to share what you read. The site quotes, “Click follow, share and tweet for every story you find interesting. Oh, yeah, we don’t choose new topics for you. Your news is always your news“.
Backed by $170K in angel funding and led by serial entrepreneur Dan Daszkowiski, who founded BusinessMart, Inc told VatorNews, that, he is not looking forward to replace Facebook and Twitter. He insisted on news that gets directly into real-time and people can people can be additionally influenced by others who have similar interests. Though it is available on your web browser right now, the site has planned for the launch of a mobile web application in the HTML5 version in the coming months. At present, the New York based company is looking into ways so that it allows users to import their RSS feeds in such a manner that the users of future will solely depend on Comunitee for the pleasure of reading.
Comunitee is unique because of three reasons, which are -
• Explore, discover and share specific topics which people have as their common interest.
• The site is organic. That is the news that you care is brought to you. The more you read and add people you add, there is a fine-tune of search that takes place.
• The non-intrusive nature where in there is no need to pause the reading in order to vote or check five to six social media buttons, the site lets you to read news in real-time and there is no need to be dependant on friends to share the information you read.
Daszkowiski has always been obsessed with the thought of changing the way the way people consume news. To make online news, he says it has to be -
- Less fragmented
- More fun
- More social
- Less work for the user
Consolidating everything Comunitee has been developed with organization like the Google+ circles and frictionless sharing. Though some feel that this site is similar to StumbleUpon where the content is organized based on your taste.
Though the concept is interesting, the different aspects of social web may make it more complicated. Let us know, what you think!
