According to a recent blog post by Maya Baratz, the WSJ’s head of new products, shared that research lead to development of WSJ Social stating: With WSJ Social, every user is an editor and can influence the news that appears on the homepage. There is also a competitive element, as every editor will be ranked by number of readers (i.e., by other users who have added them). The top 3 editors are highlighted right in the editor bar that appears on every page, so there are perks for sharing your news perspective via Facebook. WSJ Social is an interesting social news experiment, as it merges the social aspect of news into the world’s most popular social network. The only thing I found to be limiting was that the app appears to only display content liked by others on Facebook or on the Wall Street Journal site. But it also means you can get access to some free version of the Wall Street Journal via Facebook. Give WSJ Social a try and let us know what you think in the comments section below.
