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		<title>Sphinn Is On Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed this already in the sidebar on the main site, but just in case: Sphinn is now on Facebook! You can follow us via this page:
facebook.com/sphinnfans
At the moment, we&#8217;re sharing the stories there that have gone hot here on Sphinn &#8212; but over time we may also promote stories there that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Small Additions to Sphinn Guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey gang, just want to share a quick &#8220;heads up&#8221; about two small additions to our Sphinn Guidelines. Both of these are in the News Submission Don&#8217;ts list:

Don&#8217;t use auto-submitters or other automated software when participating on Sphinn.
Don&#8217;t submit news releases.

On the first one, we want users to engage with Sphinn in a hands-on, human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Profiles Help Us Moderate Sphinn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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Chances are good that you&#8217;ve heard link builders and SEO say that it&#8217;s important, when building links, to make it look natural. You don&#8217;t want to suddenly get too many links from similar sources, too many links of the same type, too many links in a short period of time, and so forth. That can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was Sphinn A Top Referrer For You, Too?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sphinn.com/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was curious a few days ago. On my own blog, I had recently posted a recap of my 2009 analytics, which included the news that Sphinn was my blog&#8217;s sixth-best source of referral traffic. I was surprised by that because, to be frank, I didn&#8217;t concentrate as much on submitting my own stories to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Reason to Follow Sphinn on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sphinn.com/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you following @sphinn on Twitter?
Until now, our Twitter account has been used primarily for sending out alerts after a story has &#8220;gone hot&#8221; &#8212; i.e., reached the home page. But we want our users to also be aware of the great content on Sphinn before it goes hot. So, we&#8217;re now using our Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Sphinn’s New Guidelines</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.sphinn.com/20100106-160057.shtml#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Sphinners &#8212; heads up that we&#8217;ve just posted new Sphinn Guidelines that explain the policies we use to manage this community. I&#8217;ll highlight some of the important changes below, but please do take a few moments to read the entire set of guidelines.
Longtime members should know that Sphinn began by operating under what Danny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sphinn Open For Submissions Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note that, as promised, the Submit News page is open again on Sphinn. And members have already begun populating the Hot or Not? page with stories.
So, happy new year from all of us at Sphinn &#8212; and get busy submitting new stories and voting up existing ones!
&#8211; Matt
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		<title>Sphinn Submissions on Holiday for New Year’s Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heads up, Sphinn users: Our Submit News form will be on holiday this weekend in honor of New Year&#8217;s 2010. The site itself will be up and you&#8217;ll be able to read, vote, and comment on existing stories &#8212; but you won&#8217;t be able to submit new stories for a few days. We expect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Sphinn’s New Editor, Matt McGee</title>
		<link>http://blog.sphinn.com/20091201-085950.shtml</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a real treat to write this. As Rob mentioned in his goodbye post, I&#8217;m now taking over for him as Sphinn Editor for at least the next few months. Rob, thank you for giving the Sphinn community so much of your time and energy over the past couple years. It&#8217;s been a pleasure being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rob Kerry Stepping Down As Sphinn Editor</title>
		<link>http://blog.sphinn.com/20091201-085842.shtml</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sphinn.com/20091201-085842.shtml#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>evilgreenmonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sad to announce that I will be stepping down as Editor of Sphinn as of today, having joined the site back in 2007. It was a hard decision to make, although I do not feel that I&#8217;ll have enough time to dedicate to the site as we move into 2010.
A number of recent personal [...]]]></description>
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