Beta Inman News
Inman News shows off its new site in beta... here are my first impressions:
- it's blue!
- a softer Inman cube logo matches the cooler feel of the site
- light gray typeface has a washed out feeling, could be as dark as the typeface in the news articles
- it's much cleaner than, say the New York Times
- what?! another community to join and populate? - recommendation: use that method to bring blocs of friends from Facebook, Linkedin whatever... so I don't have to scrounge around and ask to be friends one by one...
- "another community" comment aside... frankly, I can feel close to the Inman community... it's more Linkedin professional feel, less Active Rain hyperactivity (which btw is part of its charm)... and it's definitely more focused than Facebook, where I've somehow literally joined thousands of groups from the Warriors to Researchbitch, keep receiving email notifications that somebody has matched my score on Superpowers, and get befriended by my son's 13-year old buds.
- it's got a blog network
- I'm amused by the fact my profile is stored in "My Inman"... I was thinking Brad would also have his profile stored in his My Inman, which would be redundant... so I looked him up and added him as a friend and now he's in my My Inman.
I like the new news community on Inman. I think they are doing a pretty good job over there updating...etc. Hopefully they will continue. and possibly get rid of the ads.
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