NYC 3.0: Kommons looks to challenge Twitter for trustworthy news in real-time
Posted on : 19-02-2010 | By : Vadim Lavrusik | In : Higher Education, Online Journalism
Tags: cody brown, kommons, nyc, nyu, ruby, start-up, Twitter, wiki
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This was originally published on NYC 3.0, a project that covers in tech start-ups in New York.
Cody Brown, founder of Kommons and NYU Local.
Cody Brown thinks he may have stumbled across the “holy grail” in news publishing.
Brown, a senior at New York University and founder of NYU Local, is embarking on a new venture called Kommons. Kommons is a real-time news platform that’s intended for users in specific communities. He’s starting with NYU.
“It’s a culmination of everything I have learned in media so far,” Brown said. “Kommons is a quest for the holy grail in media.”
How it works
The Twitter/Wiki-like platform is in its very early stages and Brown is looking to shape the product through private alpha testing in the coming months.
From a demo of the product you might think that Kommons is a “lite” version of Twitter. But make no mistake, it’s functionality and purpose are quite different.
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