What's new at Polymeme: continued

As you may have already noticed, we have — belatedly, as some of you might say — embraced the principle that less is more. You can already see it in our new cleaner and slicker design. We will also be slightly decreasing the total # of items we publish daily but we'll try to increase their relevance, breadth, and scope. Also, to make Polymeme more appealing, the vast majority of memes we run would have Flickr-based photos to accompany them.

Our initial 20 sections are still with us, they are now just a bit less obvious: after all, we are after the true polymaths, who'd rather read the most important news from all 20 sections on the front page (it's also quite likely that we would be expanding beyond the initial 20 sections and include memes from an even wider assortment of topics). Also, to avoid the culture of "enclaves" within our community, from now on we'll be publishing ALL news that we used to publish to sections-only to the front page. Thus, the front page becomes the central marketplace for all ideas traded on Polymeme.

The most interesting items would appear in the featured spots and the header; everything else would be in chronological order. This means that our editors would need to work even harder to present you with the news and ideas that matter in the global/polymath context &mdash and not just anything that's buzz-worthy.

We have also finally embraced some basic moves towards community features. The very first basic step that we have made is making it easier for you to comment on "memes". We are also planning more community-based features to take full advantage of our intelligent audience and their news-smarts. Stay tuned for news about that direction.