Got feedback on the new design? We're Listening! Send us Feedback

NetScape Closing Down it's Social News Voting Site: says TechCrunch »

Posted by: SearchEngines 1 year, 1 month ago

6.8

Scale of 1 to 10

Read: 53

Propped: 55

Comments: 16

Click Prop It to Raise Score

Prop it

Once TechCrunch breaks a story it spreads like Wildfire. So, it is best to confront the rumors hear and now. Will it survive? Is there some last minute effort we members could do to save it? Let's not hide from reality; perhaps we can alter the course of the future

Read Full Story at techcrunch.com

Join the Discussion

+ Add Comment

Comments So Far: 16

0%
tdrapeau1 year, 1 month ago

I will repeat the comment I wrote on the TC story:
Umm... who are all of these sources? I run the Netscape.com social news site now, and I wrote the text that you quoted in your article.
The cobrand launch this week was simply an effort to give a place to go for those who desire a Netscape portal experience instead of a social news experience.
The Netscape.com social news team is alive and well, despite your "rumors", and have extensive plans for 2007 and 2008 which are already in progress. We may exist in a different AOL division than the AOL.com team, but that doesn't make this a turf war.
I am speaking to the editorial team right now, and as they knew this portal was launching weeks in advanceÃ¢;Â¦ they aren't "completely freaked out".
Where are you getting these sources/rumors?
If you are curious to know about Netscape.com, e-mail me at tom at newnetscape dot com.
Tom
Reply
2 Replies
- 0%
  charbarred1 year, 1 month ago
  
  So what's the plan for that newnetscape.com domain which seems empty at the moment?
  Reply
- 0%
  Neophile1 year, 1 month ago
  
  Marcien Jenckes, SVP AOL Messaging, Community & Voice had this to say about this article:
  "I want to echo Tom's post. Community has been a core element of both AOL and Netscape since their inception and will continue to be. As the text on the site explains, we wanted to give a more traditional portal alternative to the Netscape users who requested it. You can rest assured that social news will continue to be an important part of what we do."
  http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/aol-may-ki...
  Reply
0%
Formidable1 year, 1 month ago

Since my thread was censored by Neo. We will post our comments here. But the Netscape editorial team is rumored to be completely freaked out, and they are starting to talk to outsiders.
Reply
2 Replies
- 0%
  GregD1 year, 1 month ago
  
  Formidable, your thread wasn't censored by Neo. The story was closed as a duplicate, which pointed it here. Your comments on that post remained.
  Reply
- 0%
  coreyspring1 year, 1 month ago
  
  Completely freaked out? Dude, what are you talking about
  Reply
0%
Formidable1 year, 1 month ago

Thank you Greg.
Reply
0%
Formidable1 year, 1 month ago

It's unclear as to why the site might be scrapped or changed. Netscape.com and netscape.aol.com are controlled by different groups with AOL. It's clear that at the very least a turf war of some kind is playing a part. And since Netscape's primary champion, Jason Calacanis, left the company late last year to start a new company, it may leave the social news property without enough clout to protect itself.

Reply
catstevensComment removed: User banned.4 Replies
- 0%
  Formidable1 year, 1 month ago
  
  It is a viable concern. The tech community is well connected and where there is smoke there well may be fire. I hope it does not come to pass, but this may be a corporate reaction to the bias that exists currently at NS.
  Reply
  3 Replies
  - catstevensComment removed: User banned.2 Replies
    - 0%
      PsychoHosebeast1 year ago
      
      So what you're saying is that you're against the Constitution Of the United States, don't believe in freedom of speech, DO believe in censorship, and you believe that anyone not sharing your ultr-conservative point of view has no business airing their point of view and allowing others to decide for themselves; instead you should be able to tell everyone how to think and when?
      Oh yeah, how come you don't mention those same Good Christians that insist anyone that doesn't believe like they do should be killed, ore are doomed to burn in hell? Oh yeah, that kind of shoots your point of view in the ass, so in good Christian Right tradition, you just left it out.
      Have I got that right?
      Reply
      1 Reply
      - 0%
        abntv1 year ago
        
        If you are going to run around thumping your constitution maybe you should insist on freedom of speech for both sides of a story. You might also thump your constitution to the beat of every one having the right to believe in their own religious ideals.
        This is exactly why netscape is having people drop out. There is very little civil debate here anymore it is all Bush bashing or "neoCon" slamming.
        Reply
0%
natashas1 year, 1 month ago

Thanks for the information. I am glad I finally got to read this.
Reply
0%
SearchEngines1 year, 1 month ago

Many Passionate and Controversial Comments from around the blogsphere during the past few hours since the story broke and spreaded
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/aol-may-ki...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Netscape_s_Digg_Clone...
http://sphinn.com/story/2573#wholecomment3727
Reply
0%
Archlander1 year ago

I hope AOL doesn't close one of their few nice internet properties....
Reply