Comment by @carstenpoetter • Hey

how does Techmeme work these days. first it was curated automatically, later a mixture of automation and manual input, iirc. I guess, Gabe is still runnin

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I’m going to look this up now. I assume Gabe is running it, but I don’t know how things actually get picked.
Kiwistand looks interesting I’ll check it out
Yeah so according to their About page it's still a mix of algo + human curation (12 editors). Gabe still running it. They even lay out exactly what they look for when curating: For publishers: Techmeme discovers news sites through a process similar to that used to select individual stories: it analyzes links and mentions across the web. If you're creating enough buzz in technology circles, we'll find you. For more on what we look for, read this post. https://news.techmeme.com/111031/techmeme-revealed