The document discusses the future of news sharing and discovery on social platforms. It poses questions around creating enjoyable experiences for users, enhancing experiences through participation, empowering users to share information, and improving conversations. It also outlines filters of information, applying recommendations to popular and upcoming content, promoting conversation among similar users, showing impact, and pushing content to various social networks. The goal is to open up taxonomy, apply recommendations more broadly, and provide tools to publishers.

1. The Future of News
Sharing & Discovery
Kevin Rose, Founder

2. Unanswered questions:
• How can we create an experience that
*you* will enjoy?
• How can we enhance your experience
based on your participation?
• How can we further empower you to
spread the information you care about, to
the people that want it?
• How can we improve the conversation?

3. Filters of information
EMAIL
IM People you know
IRC/CHAT
BOOKMARK
The unfiltered masses
DIGG/VOTE

4. Filters of information
EMAIL
IM People you know
IRC/CHAT
RECOMMENDATIONS
Similar users
BOOKMARK
The unfiltered masses
DIGG/VOTE

6. Topic: Sports
Digg
Bury

7. Topic: Sports
Digg
Bury

8. Topic: Sports
Digg
Bury

9. Results...
• Launched ‘upcoming’ recommendations in July
• Increase in friends adding activity (4x)
• Increased Digging activity by more than 40%.

10. Next steps...

11. Open up the taxonomy
TEA
AUDI A3 BIOTECH
BUILDERING
STOCKS GREEN BAY
FOOTBALL
WINE

12. Apply recommendations to
popular and upcoming content
TEA
POPULAR -
UPCOMING -
CLIMBING FRIENDS -

13. Promote conversation among
similar users
AUDI-A3

14. Show your impact
Digg
Bury

15. Push your content to
wherever you live
• Facebook Connect
• FriendFeed
• Blogs / Pownce / Twitter etc.

16. Recommendation API &
tools for publishers
Publisher