Comments on: Further Proof That TechMeme is Broken Beyond Repair

By: Techfuga becomes Rip Van Winkle, takes a nap for a couple of months | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:19 +0000

[...] It’s sad to hear this or even report that Techfuga has been down for quite some days and that it will remain so for a few months to come. The news aggregator had what it was needed to compete Techmeme that is the leader of the lot. The integration of Twitter Search was and would have been its strong point, only if it would have continued to innovate and grow. Reports state that the founder has plans of rebuilding the entire thing, but what’s the point of starting it all over from scratch and redoing all the hard work? I mean that could have been done while still running the current version. Whatever be the reason, I really look forward to them coming out with some really good to stand as a better competitor to Techmeme. [...]

By: Google improves Blog Search: More accurate and faster | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Sat, 16 May 2009 08:36:20 +0000

[...] fully rely on algorithmic approach and rather integrates human editing as well, other wise it will face the same problems that Techmeme did before it made the much needed improvements. Previous [...]

By: Tweetmeme makes a re-launch to battle as the top link-aggregator | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:46:59 +0000

[...] has once again got its Techmeme like link aggregator with the relaunch of Tweetmeme. It would help people learn what’s most [...]

By: Techfuga, a new news aggregator, goodbye Techmeme? | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:29:52 +0000

[...] Techmeme has been scoring poorly when it comes to being a quality news aggregator and I guess that’s encouraging others to leap out. Techfuga joins the rank and it appear neat and worth spending time on. Although may would consider it to have a bit of resemblance with Techmeme, but I would differ, firstly because I m optimistic it isn’t going to turn into the bad that Techmeme has turned into, secondly integrating Twitter Search looks good enough as well. Secondly it does a very good job when it comes to aggregating news from other news sources. Scroll down and you will have all sorts of them, making it easier for you get news from your favorite source. A good effort and I look forward to it staying clean and lives up to the expectations (at least mine). Previous Post [...]

By: TechMeme: Our Automated system has faults! | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:24:46 +0000

[...] news, paving way for much more relevant and speedy news. But is this going to make TechMeme more biased? Not sure about that, but it’s heartening that the people there are doing something to [...]

By: rod edwards

rod edwards — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:49:31 +0000

Just wanted to say that Startup Meme features regularly on TechWatching (my meme-tracker). Click my name to check it out.

As I understand it, techmeme does use a human editor, hence the business about Gabe hiring a few days ago. (see http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/11/15/media-geeks-techmeme-is-hiring/). TechWatching requires human input too, but evidently takes a much different approach than TechMeme’s.