Newsvine Private Beta

January 5th, 2006

Today we let in over 7000 private beta testers to kick the tires of Newsvine.com. If you’re one of these beta testers, over the next few weeks you’ll be taking part in a revolution in the way news is delivered and consumed. Many of our feautures will be continually tweaked according to your input and behavior. Some of the improvements will be on the back-end, so you’ll mostly notice speed increases and/or other subtle performance enhancements. The more obvious feature rollouts will be detailed in the Newsvine Blog. Each Beta Tester will be given 20 invites for friends and family whom they believe will add value to the Newsvine Community. Since Newsvine is a meritocracy whereby people discover great things based on endorsement by other users, one of the most important things any user can contribute is a wise choice on who to invite into the The Vine.

This week has been mayhem trying to get everything in order ahead of your arrival. I told a couple friends last night about the big day ahead and they surprised us by bringing a cake into the office to celebrate kicking off the Private Beta. It raised a few eyebrows (and smiles) because of the wording on the cake, but we’re all about unfiltered content here at Newsvine so I thought I’d share it with you.
Thanks Amanda and Jeremiah, you guys rock!

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