Fark is a news aggregator and now one of the sought after social networking news sites in the worldwide web. News sources such as CNN, BBC News, Fox, Reuters, MSNBC, AP Wire, Bloomberg and all other online media news sources are trooping to this site to submit their daily and weekly news updates.

What is interesting about Fark is that if you are a confirmed user you are allowed to post your links as well as to comment on daily news submitted by other news sources. The only thing a user should remember is that any submitted link to Fark is still subject to administrator’s approval.

Fark, according to its founder is not a weblog but clearly a news aggregator and an edited social networking site. What you can see in its homepages are only brief content of the submitted news. However, when you also click the news source’s logo you will be directed to the domain where the news has originated. Even when your information at Fark is not the whole story of the news but through clicking the logo at the left side of the brief content, you will be directed in minutes to the news main domain.

Everyday Fark is receiving more than 2,000 news submissions from which would basically update the site’s loyal subscribers of what’s been going on in the world today. According to its founder, Fark has no meaning at all. It’s not even an acronym. The only idea there is to make Fark known as a news aggregator. The founder want that in the future when people think of Fark they would also think it’s all about news updates in the many communities of the world.

If you would love to monitor the news of the world you can better have the grasp of all these news through Fark. I call it “One-Stop-Shop” at Fark. Would you agree? It would be time consuming to visit these news sources one by one. I’d rather have Fark to save more time.

I came across this article on social news websites and I’ve decided to share some of what was discussed in that article.

Social News Websites are online communities which allow its users to submit news stories, media, and articles, and share them with the other users of the network or the general public. Some of the news articles shared will be given more visibility depending on the different factors such as the number of user votes for each item.

Aside from counting the registered voters of these social news sites, other websites employ human editors to determine the visibility of each news item. Certain stories will be removed from the website while some may be even given featured positions if they are news worthy and highly relevant.

The following are just some of the most popular social news websites:

• Reddit – it is a popular social news site with a large user base. It covers a wide range of news and it includes several topical sections called subreddits which focus on specific topics.
• Digg – it is the largest and most popular social news website on the internet and it covers all topics including entertainment, politics, general news, technology; and it has a separate image and video section.
• StumbleUpon – it is a social network and browser toolbar which allows users to channel surf the internet. It is not totally a social news site but its users can submit webpages to be rated by other users.
• Newsvine – it is a website which consists of community-driven news stories and opinions. The users of the site have their own blogs and can write articles, save links to external content and vote or comment on other users’ stories.
• Mixx – it is a general social news site which has a category for all types of news. The topics in the site include business, sports, entertainment, technology, and health. Mixx includes the ability to create groups to share news with other users.
• Fark – it is a community news site which allows users to comment on news articles. The user submitted links will be posted on the main page once they are approved by the administrators.
• Propeller – it is a social news site that covers all topics from technology to politics and entertainment.

Share the latest news available on the internet through these social news websites and be in touch with the world!