SlinkSet gives you a way to create your own public or private social news and link sharing site. It gives you and your friends a way to share interesting stories with each other in a private environment or lets you create your own “Digg-like” site where stories are voted up or down and commented on.
Creating your site is really quick and easy: Choose a username and password and choose a name to be included in your URL. Then just choose a name for your site (mine was Screencast News) and you’re done. You also have the option of making your site public or private. You can then customize the way your site looks and add additional features like custom sidebar HTML and categories.
You can also invite members to your site and make them admin, moderators, or just members. If your site is private, as mine was during this demo, you need to invite people to become members and then give them specific permissions. You and your friends can then start adding content to your site. Just add a title and a link if you’re sharing a story from another site. You can also add a description if your post is a discussion. Users can vote stories up or down and comment on them. Yes, think Digg.
At first glance, I was immediately excited at the thought of creating my own space to share stories and thoughts with a specific group of people. I thought of work, collaboration, and privacy. SlinkSet doesn’t appeal to me as much for a public news site, but for a place for me and a select number of friends to share specific content. I have Twitter to share whatever pops into my head with 800 + followers. SlinkSet is what I would use if I wanted to share funny (and sometimes inappropriate) links and discussions with people I’m close with.
To see SlinkSet in action, watch the screencast below (best viewed in HD full screen):
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thanks for the write-up!
Brett, my pleasure!