How does information make it onto the homepage?
As mentioned, our community actively votes and comments on contributions made to Current.com. We pile all of these comments and votes into an algorithmic blender that helps determine which items, stories, and videos are pressing and popular. Popular contributions bubble up onto the homepage, and are eligible to be picked to air on TV in a Current News pod. Because our parents taught us to believe that honesty is the best policy, there are a couple of things you should know. Sometimes breaking news items and other timely and relevant content needs to be programmed on the homepage, so these items receive an extra push from our editorial staff. Also, because Current.com staff is comprised mostly of tech geeks and Internet junkies, we tend to be quite active in our own community. Again in an effort to be straightforward, we wear our staff badges proudly on the site. You can distinguish staff by the three green bars next to their avatar and on their profile.
