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Thoof is a late entry to the personalized/social news arena. As many Digg clones and alternative models are failing or have failed to take hold of a substantial user base, Thoof brings a slightly new take on getting your daily stories which it hopes will attract more than a niche audience. Thoof is an automated news recommender of sorts. It works similarly to many music recommendation engines such...More»
Thoof is a late entry to the personalized/social news arena. As many Digg clones and alternative models are failing or have failed to take hold of a substantial user base, Thoof brings a slightly new take on getting your daily stories which it hopes will attract more than a niche audience. Thoof is an automated news recommender of sorts. It works similarly to many music recommendation engines such as Last.fm and Pandora, by displaying articles you might like based upon your past reading history. Readers submit articles in a Digg-like fashion, but don’t vote to get the articles on the front page.
Thoof discontinued their service in 8/08.«Less
Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/2007 | Seed | 1M | Unknown |
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| Name: | Thoof |
| Product URL: | http://thoof.com/ |
| Description: | Founder Ian Clarke, formerly of video site Revver, claims that with video as well as news, many people may read articles but few will vote on them. Clarke hints that the passivity of news and video consumption may ultimately weed out news aggregators that cannot automatically deliver customized news. However, Thoof users are allowed to edit the news by suggesting alternative links. If link changes are to stand they must get enough votes from the rest of the community.Thoof has many web 2.0 elements including article tagging, wiki features and aforementioned recommendation engine. |
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01/11/2009 10:12AM by soda91
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Bulls vs. Bears (3)
| Bullish Opinions (1) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Recommending similar news articles is an good idea |
mkr2x 02/13/2008 |
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100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
| Bearish Opinions (2) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Site traffic seems to have decreased steadily over the past few months |
mwwalsh 02/13/2008 |
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100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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Lots of competition from existing sites |
mkr2x 02/13/2008 |
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100% 4 votes 4 0% 0 |
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