Some of my friends may know of how I have over the last year or so become somewhat attached to producing content for Wikipedia. However, my friend and coworker, Eric, (unfortunately his web site is EMPTY, so I can't really link to him) recently introduced me to Newsvine.
It basically just provides AP articles with the additionally ability to vote on these, add comments, create columns, and provide "seed" links to other news found on the net. I've popped over there a couple times and I've been very pleased with the experience so far. The community isn't superhuge yet and the site is still relatively immature (only a year old), but I see a lot of potential in how I've already been able to skip around the site to read articles, find related information, and discuss.
Anyway, I could see this being another place I hit whenever I need a break from the mundane at work. I could also see some of my political opinions being expressed there rather than on this blog. I have also added this to my list of sites to watch for new innovations in community development and we might consider using a few of the more interesting ideas in some of the community aspects of the new Boomer web site.
Cheers.
Re: Newsvine, maybe my next obsession
Someday, grasshopper. Someday.