After seeing GestureBank at work firsthand, I must believe that any open source news project like this must use implicitly gathered data and information as well as OPML uploads, Digg type voting, and profile creation.

Therefore, we need a system to collect behavioral statistics from search and surf.

The trick is to be able to use this information anonymously while also being able to couple it with the explicit information that a user gives publicly.

We are close to getting some code up. Have patience, thanks.