Community ranked content might be taking a political turn. Anyone who digs Digg or revels in Reddit will want to watch the skies for Thoof.
According to founder Ian Clarke, the mission of this emergent user community (still in beta) is “to engender democracy by making it simple to share accurate information.”

According to yesterday’s New York Times:

Mr. Clarke is obsessed with the fact that even when accurate information exists on the Internet, it often does not have the political impact that it should.

“I’m concerned that most Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” he said. “All of the information is there, but people are still ill-informed.”