So as we run around the interweb looking for vast amounts of information, be it the next version of lightsabre kid or something actually worthwhile like news, we need to find good sources for consistent information. I just happened upon Knewsroom, don’t even know how I ended up there, but I’m glad I did.

Right away the design of the site itself is easy to navigate with a clear understanding of what you are here for. They divided up the news into the most common sections for each navigation. The real beauty of Knewsroom comes when you register for an account. After registering they give you what they dub “Watts” to invest into various topics. Watts work like diggs or stumbles, the more that are invested the higher it rises in the ranking and eventually to the front page. Now if a story goes to the front page and you have invested Watts into it, you get paid your share of Watts back AND ad revenue. Yes real money. Who doesn’t want to get paid to look at the things they like?

The concept is very new to me and overall the setup Knewsroom has going for it is well set. By proposing topics and submitting stories you secure yourself a better chance at earning more dollars. They make it pretty simple to submit storys. Plus you participate in a good social community. Is this the next Digg style site? Not really, this is definitely much smaller right now. Also I haven’t seen many comments on the submitted stories, so that leads me to believe its not an overly active community at least for the time being. With the added incentive to submit stories and earn some cash, I could see this site flourishing into something bigger.