It puts big restrictions on what is automatically shared when someone joins a social networking site, taking a distinctively antisocial approach to social networking.
In an era where news is often shared if not sometimes broken on social networking sites like Twitter, the social media news blog Mashable.com tops the list of most influential media outlets, as ranked by Klout, a research company that tracks the online influence space.
It was the smartest social network on the internet, and I spent about 99% of my online social networking time there interacting with good people of diverse views who shared really smart posts from across the internet.