StateofBrain.com is the new kid on the block
I had a chance to sit down and talk with two individuals by the names of Josh Manuel and Justin Oswald, who are the brains behind StateofBrain.com. The website takes the same approach as Digg.com does, by allowing users the ability to approve or deny a post. This would allow the more likeable stories to rise through the ranks. However, this is where the two differ. State of Brain is a user run news site with voting based on emotions. Here you can discover what is important, new, and popular on the internet. Users control the site with link submissions and the power to vote.
I asked Josh how he came up with such an innovative idea and this is what he had to say. “ I was a regular digg, del.icio.us, and reddit user but had a really tough time digging a story on the death of Steve Irwin. I didn’t like only voting up or down on the story as I felt it was important to get out. That’s when the idea of developing a site where users could vote based on how the story made them feel came to mind. ”
From that point the both of them got together to develop the idea of voting based on emotion. Josh and Justin were going to college full time and working part time jobs, but any other time they had was towards developing StateofBrain.com
The website officially launched March 1st 2007 and has since picked up steam. The first week Stateofbrain.com reach over 3000 unique visitors and sitting on over 200 registered users. The website is growing at an alarming rate, and if you haven’t been over there yet I would suggest you check it out.
