I say Sphinn represents the mixture of a forum, a multi-author blog and a social site. Surely, it may not have the people you go'd like to party with, though.

Ok. So there are many forums, where people can vote and share links easily? What are they? I don't know them.

Are they in a different topic, than Sphinn?

Oh, right. What reminds of Sphinn is Threadwatch. But since it is no more, why talk about it? It's almost forgotten now.

If you talk about Slashdot, you still need to email/submit story for it to be included by the editor. You can't just open a thread on anything.

Eventhough you can up/down the story on the homepage and comment, this isn't as open as a site, where you can start a discussion on anything without an URL (which is how Sphinn is different from other social sites).

In a way, yes, I should have also pointed out Slashdot and I will probably will adjust the post. Thanks for making me think.

Did you have any other sites that encompass both authoring, sharing and commenting to mention?

Thanks for stopping by.