The blog Mashable (http://mashable.com/) has a lot going on. When I first got on the site I was reading a headline for the Samsung Note7 that had a burned up cellphone next to it when an add popped up that was a trailer for a new movie. I was a little confused because it took up the entire screen and I thought I had clicked on something on accident. Then, *POOF*, just as quickly as it came, it was gone. Once that was sorted out I was able to look around. The lay out was decent. After you scrolled down a touch there were 3 columns to choose from: What's New, What's Rising, What's Hot. Nothing really tells you how old any of the information is at first glance except in the 'What's New' column, which is nice. They seem to be more focused on shares than age of content.
Brian Williams from Viget (https://www.viget.com/articles/top-10-blogs-following-web-20) mentions that it is a blog that covers social sites and Web 2.0 startups. Almost everything on the site is entertainment related and the few articles that were not about entertainment were more mainstream products (like the Nike Apple Watch) then startups. If you want gossip and the latest news that seems to be in the mainstream media this is the place to go. If you want the brass tacks about Web 2.0, you are probably better off going to a different site.
Amber
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