[HH] Hardware Hacking sub-reddit

[Tom Metro]

I have a backlog of articles queued for posting to the list here (a
bunch due to CES), which I haven't gotten to, as it takes some time to
go through each, determine whether it is newsworthy, and summarize it.

I'm wondering whether it may be more efficient to share these items
through a mechanism like Reddit. Basically any on-topic article would be
funneled there without delay, where the community could decide which are
newsworthy by ranking them.

In theory, some automation could be applied to generate a weekly posting
to the list showing the top 10 (or whatever) articles from the past week.

I've had only limited exposure to Reddit, and thus can't say whether it
is an ideal tool for this. I know it permits ranking and commenting on
stories, but I don't believe it lets multiple users contribute
(wiki-style) to a summary of the article. I'm not aware of any
alternative services that would address this deficiency.

(I tend to consider good summaries critical in any news source. I judge
the quality of a news channel not only on how many articles of interest
it sends my way, but also on how good it is at telling me enough about
an article in the summary that I don't feel the need to read any more.
If each entry amounts to a teaser that leaves me more curious, then its
great for the sites advertising model, but a waste of my time.)

I've discussed this idea with Will Rico, manager of BLU's Desktop Linux
sub-group, who is looking for a similar solution.

Regardless of the tool chosen, most depend on community participation,
and with this small list, that's going to be a challenge. If none of you
are existing users of Reddit, getting you to visit there periodically is
probably not going to happen.

Do any of you already use Reddit?

Are the news summary postings on the list useful? Or would you rather
the list stick to project oriented discussion?

 -Tom