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I've been thinking about setting something like this up, but over email. Anyone who opts in to the mailing list would be able to submit a link+description, and

I've been thinking about setting something like this up, but over email. Anyone who opts in to the mailing list would be able to submit a link+description, and once a week some software would automagically send out an aggregated email to everyone who opts in. The problem is getting it to the optimum size. If it's too small, it won't work because nobody will want to post. If it's too large, then the signal-to-noise ratio drops and it's no better than Reddit or HN. Also, moderation is hard.

neilsharma 11y ago
Yeah, I hear you. Community-driven newsletters / news sites have a very narrow success zone -- too small and it'd lack fresh content, too large and it'll have SNR problems. I think the best solution is to find one or two people who know their stuff to curate everything. Add community engagement mechanisms incrementally. For example, enable social media sharing and commenting before account creation, upvoting, and article submissions. Wonder how a Quora/Medium model (invite-only) or The Information (paywall) would work for newsletters, since content isn't original?
wiml 11y ago
Dave Farber's long-running (over 20 years now!) mailing list is a bit like this, moderated by Dave Farber of course.
vram22 11y ago
That's a good idea. But had you thought of making it on any topics at all, or for some domain?