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UPDATE: just wanted to update my post: Burt Herman, CEO of Storify, contributed to the comment section and clarified: Storify does have a “bookmarklet and Chrome plugin that can be used to add elements to stories from any web site”. Video can be seen here. Thanks for sharing, Burt. I changed the post (differences) accordingly.

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I already addressed this in my tweet: I am not sure if I can even compare the two services but when Jenny8Lee mentioned BundlR, I immediately thought of Storify.

And here is why I think they are quite similar:

• BundlR and Storify both allow users to create/narrate stories using other social media services
• both are determined to create meaning amidst all the media noise
• they both understand that curating the social web is part of journalists’ future of publishing
• aggregating and curating is the name of the game
• require SignOns through social media platforms (Twitter/Facebook)

There are also many differences

• Process of creating a story
• in Storify, you basically stay within the site while creating your story (see screenshot below)
• in BundlR, users add the BundlR toolbar button, then they can surf the web and when they find something interesting, they can add it by clipping the button to the selected bundle
• Totally different approach and I am not sure which one I like better – on the one hand – having it all on one site has its advantages – on the other hand, when you are on one website and you see that it would be a great part of one of your bundles, you can easily just add that to your story – that would serve Jarvis’ idea of journalism as a process
• Supported social media platforms
• to create Bundles: YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, FlickR, Slideshare, Wikipedia, Scribd, Audioboo
• to create Storifies (word probably doesn’t exist): Twitter, Facebook, FlickR, YouTube, Storify, Google, RSS, own media uploads
• Community aspect
• maybe I just didn’t see but in BundlR, users currently cannot follow other users - this will probably change once they go public but in Storify, it is a nice way of getting all the updates from users you are interested in
• Writing notes/being part of your own story
• in Storify, users can moderate the content – that means they can write notes to everything they include (BundlR will add that feature in the future)

Creating a story using Storify

Let’s look a little further into BundlR:
So BundlR is in private beta right now. Quite a few features are still missing but I am sure, they will be added very soon. For example, currently, it is impossible to embed a Bundle into an external website – a feature that is needed once users want to share their stories on their own websites.

One quite interesting fact is that Sérgio Santos, founder of BundlR, said that in the future, BundlR considers archiving Bundles (in order to prevent broken links) to become a paid feature due to storage costs. It is an interesting take on business models because here you can understand certain requirements users would be willing to pay for.

At SXSW, this is a keynote by Margot Bloomstein (I love it because it combines two of my favourite artists – what Danger Mouse did was brilliant)

Here are videos about their respective services:

BundlR

Storify

Summary
I was always wondering about the differences between public beta and private beta. Now I understand. While the idea of both services are very much the same, many features are still missing on BundlR. I like the fact that BundlR takes so many different social media platforms into consideration – including scribd, audioboo and slideshare – really makes a difference. On Storify, I like the way the stories are arranged at the end of the story (if there ever is an end). Once you are done, it is fun to go through all the curated videos, quotes from FlickR, etc. On BundlR, I like the mouse-over effect (you should check it out).

I am very excited to see where this is going – the idea of curating the news by going through social media platforms is still quite new – Al Jazeera, Washington Post and others are already using Storify and I am sure that this is one important step towards the future of journalism.

Please tell me what you think, I really want to know. Have you worked with BundlR or Storify? Are there similar services that I need to be aware of?