Context just got easier!
Sometimes getting the big picture means you have to head to Google after reading an article so you can find out more, and that’s just wrong. Context is invaluable, especially in this day and age when we’re flooded with news from so many sources. It’s also sorely missing from a lot of websites these days - many popular news websites and blogs just don’t want to link to anyone but themselves.
Right from the start we’ve had a mechanism in place for users to add related links to a story. You can also vote them up or down, and the top 3 are displayed with the story. Up until now though it’s been something you had to do manually after a story is submitted. That’s a little bit more complicated than it needs to be.
So we’ve made it even easier. When you submit stories now in the last step (previewing your submission) you’re presented with some related links you can automatically add to the story you’re submitting. We’re pulling these links in from Google News, but in the future we might also check Technorati so you can get the blogosphere’s perspective on a story too.
It looks great too! Here’s a screenshot:
