Thing 12 definitely a pleasure

I enjoyed browsing these sites that sift and sort news stories. I'm familiar with the concept through the NYT website and also MinnPost, but liked seeing how different these sites can be. I liked the organization of Digg best, but found the content most interesting on Newsvine. I can see myself returning to these sites, but feel that they can be a time sink--putting me online longer than I care to be. I get a paper subscription of the NYT and still prefer the randomness of my own perusal over breakfast in the morning and an after-work snack in the evening.