Flocking Up the National Nine News

Posted May 13, 2008 to Infographics by Nathan  /  3 responses

At the bottom of each article on National Nine News (Australian MSN), there's a button to "Flock It!" which is like favorit-ing a news story.

Flock Button

Flock ItThe more people who flock a story, the higher up the flock list the story goes. In the sidebar of each story is an interactive graphic that shows readers flocking around the news and stories getting highlighted. The larger the bubble, the more people who have flocked it; story bubbles light up orange when someone flocks it. The site isn't showing any larger sizes, but a full screen version could be fun. Maybe a screensaver.

MSN seems to have have this whole news exploration thing going on lately. I like it.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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3 responses to "Flocking Up the National Nine News"
  • Howard Weaver
    May 13, 2008, 1:45 pm

    Where can I find the Flock It site to explore this software? Thanks.

  • Nathan
    May 13, 2008, 2:21 pm

    @Howard: from what i gather, flock it was developed inhouse, so there doesn’t seem to be any independent site for it. i’d be happy to hear if i’m wrong though.

  • jason
    May 17, 2008, 6:05 pm

    that’s so hot!

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