June 15, 2009

Tweeting the news, from left to right

FairSpin now offers a new way to get the news you’re interested in — via Twitter.   We are operating three new Twitter accounts, each one tracking a different slice of the political spectrum as judged by FairSpin users:

Each tweet contains the story title, the author and source, and a link to read the story. For example:

New stories are posted to the appropriate Twitter feed as soon as they come into FairSpin.  We also update Twitter any time the community’s votes move a story from one part of the spectrum to another.  For example:

These tweets are a great way to stay informed, but they also give you the option of customizing your view of the news.  Want to live in your left- or right-wing echo chamber?  Just follow fairspinleft or fairspinright.  Want to see just factual news without all the posturing?  Follow fairspinneutral.  Personally we’re following all three.  It’s very interesting to see how a news story comes in and then cascades in real-time across the political spectrum as people react to it.

—Stephen and Dave


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