On Skim That, members post summaries of popular news that would interest the community. The articles are quick and to the point. We avoid puns, jokes, personal opinion and anything else that doesn't move the story forward.
Writers pull out the heart of a story and leave behind the flowery text, better suited for a casual reader. Often, a story can be cut down to 15% or 25% the size of the original, which can save you hours of reading over the course of a week.
If you find yourself skipping several paragraphs of most articles because they don't provide any real information then Skim That is for you.
Participating is easy
Membership is free. Once an account is created, members contribute by adding their own summaries of popular topics or commenting on how an existing summary could be improved.
Members can also vote on which summaries are most interesting by clicking the up/down arrows. The most interesting articles will be shown on the homepage and get other special placement throughout the site. The best summarized version of an article will be shown first with less popular articles available below that.
Company
Skim That was founded in March of 2011 by Michael Khalili.
Contact information is available on the contact page.
A list of people who help run the site is available on the staff page.
Technology
Skim That runs on a highly customized version of Question2Answer created by Gideon Greenspan. The software is an open source project, powered by PHP and is based out of Israel.
Q2A helps an online community share information by allowing people with questions to quickly get the answers they need. It's been modified for this site, through the excellent plug-in system, to replace questions with topics and answers with articles.
I highly recommend it for websites looking to support their customers. The Q2A community is supportive and Gideon keeps improving the software on a regular bases.
