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New Features - Vocal Nation's Version II Release

Over the past few months I've been working on a big overhaul for Vocal Nation.  These additions have moved Vocal Nation a lot closer towards the original vision I had for the site.  While Version I was more of a community blog, Version II has developed into an social-news website, with a stronger emphasis on voting and the ability to filter your stream of news.

Here are some of the more notable additions:

Feed Digestion: Content from your favorite websites can now be automatically added to Vocal Nation via feed-digestion, just like feed reader.  All you have to do is enter the site's RSS feed address.  Of course, the typical manual submission is still available for submitting individual stories.

Hybrid Search: The site now combines a traditional keyword-based search with ratings for a unique kind of human-powered search.  You can also now search within categories, regions, and feeds.

Customize Your Info Stream: Want to exclude all but your favorite feeds?  How about just including the best postings from the last hour?  Want to just see postings from New Zealand, China, Iraq?  The new site's flexible interface lets you slice the data anyway you want so you can delve deeper and customize your news stream.  

Browse your Friends' Favorite Postings: Curious what your friends have been enjoying?  Check out their profile page to see their highest ranked postings.

The World Map: The site's world map has also been overhauled and now operates alot better.  The map is a great way to get an overview of stories and opinions from across the globe.

As always, feedback is appreciated, so let me know how it goes.  Thx.