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Netscape's Propeller is Changing More Than You Think

Gadgets & Tech – AOL's social news site relaunched today under the new name Propeller. No longer "the new Netscape", Propeller seems on face like a clone of a clone. There may, though, be much more going on underneath the surface.

Tags: netscape, propeller, digg, social news, personalization

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Wow! That would be awesome to have stories customized by your likes.

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Great little article!..."Perhaps then the Netscape team got a few things right after all." Thats right.They did!

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"If Propeller can successfully build a new system powered by personalization algorithms - they could become the innovation leaders in the social news space."

Maybe this site's finally going to get some long-deserved recognition rather than constant mockery about being "the Digg clone."

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Netscape In all it's Incarnations: was never really that bad: it was a matter: OF FIND THE FEW :THE BRAVE: THAT WHERE ABLE AND WILLING TO COMPLETE A FULL SENTENCE, SO OTHERS UNDERSTOOD; AND COULD! WHAT IT IS{WAS} THEY WHERE JABBER WOOKEING ABOUT{IT ALL SOUNDED [WRITTEN] AS IF IT ALL WAS JBBERISH!,.

THEY ARE GETTING BETTER THEY ARE. [a]LITTLE MORE WORK AND THEY'LL BE READY FOR PRIME TIME [any] NEWS ORGANIZATIONS!

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I have been around Netscape/Propeller for more than a year now. I hardly knew anything about Digg prior to joining Netscape, and have since checked out Digg. I am not thrilled with it at all. It seemed clunky, slow, and well, not too personal. It had the feel of a sports bar when I want to go clubbing. Propeller is a fast, upbeat change of pace from my otherwise "slow" day. Digg seems to be doing just that, digging a big hole.

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Well I hope they can speed it up, I don't know if its me or their server. I often get hangups causing double posts, and long pauses when I change areas. I am supposed to be on a fairly fast cablemodem hookup.

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