1. A news method, the method comprising the following steps: receiving at a first computer system a first submission, said first submission comprising first content, said first content comprising first account information, said first computer system comprising a first memory; storing said first account information in said first memory; receiving a second submission, said second submission comprising second content, said second content comprising first article information, said first article information comprising at least a first resource location or a first headline; receiving a plurality of additional submissions, said plurality of additional submissions comprising a third submission and a fourth submission, said third submission comprising third content, said fourth submission comprising fourth content, said fourth content comprising at least an indication of either approval or disapproval; storing at least some of said submissions in a first database system, said first database system comprising at least a first database; calculating a first content approval score, said step of calculating said first content approval score being performed at least partly according to a first time criterion and comprising a step of performing a first count, said step of performing said first count comprising a first step of counting at least some of said plurality of additional submissions; providing a first resource, said first resource comprising a plurality of items, said plurality of items comprising a first item, said first item comprising at least first indicia, said first indicia indicating a first value, said first value pertaining to said third content; performing a second count, said step of performing said second count comprising a second step of counting at least some of said plurality of additional submissions; providing first display information, said step of providing said first display information comprising a step of at least partly causing second indicia to appear in a second resource, said second indicia indicating a second value, said second value being based at least in part upon an outcome of said step of performing said second count; providing first submission-facilitation information, said step of providing said first submission-facilitation information comprising a step of at least partly causing a first submission-facilitation mechanism to appear in a third resource; providing fifth content; receiving a fifth submission, said fifth submission comprising sixth content, said sixth content comprising second article information, said second article information comprising at least a second resource location or a second headline; updating said fifth content, said step of updating said fifth content comprising a step of including said sixth content in said fifth content; associating a second item with a first probational status; associating a third item with said first probational status; determining a first measure of community approval; comparing said first measure of community approval to a first threshold; promoting said second item to a first elevated status, said step of promoting said second item to said first elevated status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said step of comparing said first measure of community approval to said first threshold; determining a second measure of community approval; comparing said second measure of community approval to a second threshold; keeping said third item in association with said first probational status, said step of keeping said third item in association with said first probational status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said step of comparing said second measure of community approval to said second threshold; promoting a fourth item to said first elevated status; and removing said second item from said first elevated status, wherein said first resource is different from said second resource and from said third resource.
1. A news method, the method comprising the following steps: receiving at a first computer system a first submission, said first submission comprising first content, said first content comprising first account information, said first computer system comprising a first memory; storing said first account information in said first memory; receiving a second submission, said second submission comprising second content, said second content comprising first article information, said first article information comprising at least a first resource location or a first headline; receiving a plurality of additional submissions, said plurality of additional submissions comprising a third submission and a fourth submission, said third submission comprising third content, said fourth submission comprising fourth content, said fourth content comprising at least an indication of either approval or disapproval; storing at least some of said submissions in a first database system, said first database system comprising at least a first database; calculating a first content approval score, said step of calculating said first content approval score being performed at least partly according to a first time criterion and comprising a step of performing a first count, said step of performing said first count comprising a first step of counting at least some of said plurality of additional submissions; providing a first resource, said first resource comprising a plurality of items, said plurality of items comprising a first item, said first item comprising at least first indicia, said first indicia indicating a first value, said first value pertaining to said third content; performing a second count, said step of performing said second count comprising a second step of counting at least some of said plurality of additional submissions; providing first display information, said step of providing said first display information comprising a step of at least partly causing second indicia to appear in a second resource, said second indicia indicating a second value, said second value being based at least in part upon an outcome of said step of performing said second count; providing first submission-facilitation information, said step of providing said first submission-facilitation information comprising a step of at least partly causing a first submission-facilitation mechanism to appear in a third resource; providing fifth content; receiving a fifth submission, said fifth submission comprising sixth content, said sixth content comprising second article information, said second article information comprising at least a second resource location or a second headline; updating said fifth content, said step of updating said fifth content comprising a step of including said sixth content in said fifth content; associating a second item with a first probational status; associating a third item with said first probational status; determining a first measure of community approval; comparing said first measure of community approval to a first threshold; promoting said second item to a first elevated status, said step of promoting said second item to said first elevated status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said step of comparing said first measure of community approval to said first threshold; determining a second measure of community approval; comparing said second measure of community approval to a second threshold; keeping said third item in association with said first probational status, said step of keeping said third item in association with said first probational status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said step of comparing said second measure of community approval to said second threshold; promoting a fourth item to said first elevated status; and removing said second item from said first elevated status, wherein said first resource is different from said second resource and from said third resource. 20. The method in claim 1 wherein: said first value indicates at least in part a real-time measure of popularity; said second value indicates a real-time quantity of submissions received that relate to said second resource; said first submission-facilitation mechanism comprises a link configured to submit submissions that relate to said second resource; and said second resource and said third resource are the same resource.