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posted by martyb on Thursday February 01 2018, @11:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-the-better-to-follow-you-with dept.

Google is testing a service called Bulletin that would focus on local news published by the masses:

Google is testing a tool called Bulletin that would allow anyone to publish local news stories and events, according to a report from Slate, which Google later confirmed. The company described Bulletin as a way for others to communicate information of local interest, like bookstore readings, high school sporting events, or information about street closures, for example.

Slate found a website for creating Bulletin posts was already up-and-running, but was still in "early access mode." The service is currently being piloted in Nashville and in Oakland, Calif., the webpage states.

On the site, Google explains that Bulletin is a lightweight app for telling stories, capturing photos and videoclips from your phone, and then publishing them straight to the web – without having to create a blog or build a website yourself.

Meanwhile, Facebook says it will prioritize local news:

In a newsroom post on Monday, Facebook's Alex Hariman, head of news product and Campbell Brown, heads of news partnerships, announced the social platform would begin to prioritize local news outlets in the feeds of its users, emphasizing that local communities benefit and trust the outlets closest to them.


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 01 2018, @12:40PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 01 2018, @12:40PM (#631445) Homepage Journal

    So, how many of you are already planning on teaching them why you don't want every random schmoe being able to publish whatever they can dream up onto your news feeds without it passing through any kind of editorial bullshit checking? I certainly am.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:28PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:28PM (#631461) Journal

    are already planning on teaching them why you don't want every random schmoe being able to publish whatever they can dream up onto your news feeds without it passing through any kind of editorial bullshit checking?

    Since I'm oblivious to Google/FB news feed, I know I really don't give a shit about teaching them anything.

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    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:51PM (1 child)

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:51PM (#631468)

      I think he means in the rhetorical sense of "teaching them a lesson" in that deploying something using the equivalent of bathroom stall scrawls as the content source, ultra optimistically might work but is more likely to generate some hilarious 4chan memes and stories demonstrating why essentially pointing a webcam at the local bar's bathroom stall wall isn't going to result in anything other than comedy at their expense.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday February 01 2018, @10:20PM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 01 2018, @10:20PM (#631730) Journal

        I think he means in the rhetorical sense of "teaching them a lesson" in that deploying something using the equivalent of bathroom stall scrawls as the content source

        As I don't care about their news feed, why should I waste time in ruining the experience of other who may care more?
        Don't I have better thing to waste time on? I don't know, maybe like subtle trolling S/N or teaching TMB a lesson or two - not that he would ever learn something, but anyway (grin).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @04:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @04:22PM (#631518)

    Loco News.