[basch]

Circa was definitely ahead of its time, and never quite replaced.

The anti twitter/reddit/facebook. And also an anthesis to something like wikinews.

The powers that be need to revisit the idea of organizing information in a way that stories get appended and built upon, instead of each new piece of information being a new post in an endless firehose.

[uptown]

They had an editor, Anthony DeRosa, who took the time to make sure what they were reporting was accurate before pushing publish. In an era where 'first' dominates, it was refreshing -- but maybe not popular.