What Are Social News Websites?

At this point, you have an understanding of social news and a brief overview of social news sites, but how exactly do they work? Social news websites, like social bookmarking sites, are communities that let you submit web content in the form of articles, videos, or pictures. In contrast to social bookmarking sites, however, where you may choose to bookmark your favorite website (which may not be a standalone article), the best-performing content on social news sites (and the content that is recommended) is interesting and appealing to a wide variety of users. In other words, it’s not socially acceptable on social news sites to submit a whole blog or website, whereas that behavior is appropriate on social....