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Nov. 3, 2010, 2:30 p.m.

Popular on Twitter: Soylent is people, Civil Beat opens its doors, Folio names its “10 under 30”

[Early every afternoon Eastern time, we’ll be highlighting the most-talked-about links in the future-of-news corner of Twitter. What are news nerds buzzing about? Here are today’s top 10, gathered via The Hourly Press. It’s like being on Twitter all day, without actually having to be on Twitter all day. —Josh]

  • Guess what it’s made of? Meet Soylent, the crowdsourced copy-editing tool
  • “The iPad Election”: Not quite ready to declare victory for mobile
  • A photo roundup of some post-election newsrooms from across the US
  • Arrington: Jason Calacanis is threatening to sue us
  • Washington Post looking at starting new hyperlocal sites
  • Rising Stars: Folio’s “10 Under 30” list
  • Honolulu Civil Beat is free today and Thursday
  • Google TV exec says broadcasters “misunderstand” its online TV platform
  • Dave Winer: My notes for today’s meeting at the Library of Congress
  • Newsweek’s top editor post: Still waiting to be filled
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