digg, knowmore, word of my mouth

Monkey Bites - Kevin Rose: Digg's Speed Record, Flash Kit and New Features：

Rumsfeld's resignation broke an internal record for the time it takes a story to go from being submitted to landing on the home page. It took about 3 minutes for users to digg the story enough for it to make it to the front door. Google News had it 20 minutes later. Lesson: "People can break news faster than machines."

Knowmore.org：

Knowmore's goal is to create a free, reliable corporate database; indeed, the largest of it's kind in the world, in terms of both breadth, depth and independance. This is an ambitious goal, and will probably take many years to achieve! Knowmore.Org also takes the form of an easily searchable database that can used by consumers to enter the name of any brand or company in order to immediatly find out more about that companies practices & history. This is done with aim of aiding & promoting responsible consumerism.

BuzzMachine » Word of my mouth：

That’s why I object to the notion that there can be a word-of-mouth industry. It’s our mouth and please don’t try to put words in it.