I think one problem they had early on is that technology is not the answer to an editorial and writing problem. Many people on the newslabs lists questioned th

I think one problem they had early on is that technology is not the answer to an editorial and writing problem. Many people on the newslabs lists questioned their experience in journalistic and publishing oriented endeavours - the founders' answers to quality and editorial concerns weren't very convincing - and always came back to technology. Ideas like building mass-comment moderation systems, crowdsourced editing, etc - don't work if the people moderating don't have literary taste. But it was a good try - and I hope that other people tackling this problem space would think about some of the questions raised by the newslabs contributors.