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This genuinely seems like an accident judging by the authors Tweets: https://twitter.com/matthewhughes https://twitter.com/matthewhughes

egeozcan 8y ago
If I could ever get over the fact that they are using Wordpress, I still wouldn't be able to explain how a single person can set dates and publish stories on their own?!
- ktm5j 8y ago
  At some point, it's one persons responsibility to enter that date into a computer in some fashion.. is he supposed to share the keyboard with someone?
  - travisjungroth 8y ago
    You require someone to verify the date. Then the verifier accepts them without looking because they've never been wrong before, and then we're right back where we started, except with more people to blame.
  - deleted 8y ago
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- bovermyer 8y ago
  WordPress is used a lot more commonly in the news industry than you think.
- lgregg 8y ago
  It’s better than using WordPress to run ecommerce. News content types are close enough to blogs.
- hluska 8y ago
  I don't work for TNW and have never written for them, but web editing often works like this: 1.) Author submits an article often as a word file. 2.) Editor starts working on the word file. 3.) Author and editor do 1-5 rounds of edits using track changes. 4.) Editor says "Great, post it to run at xx:xx on mm-dd." 5.) The author actually logs in and makes the post. If you're thinking that technology we use every day could solve this problem, you're right! Alas, it's harder to fix years of habits than the technical issues behind the habits.
- heneryville 8y ago
  I worked on a project to replace a Wordpress content site. The tech team selected React + Redux + NoSQL + microservices + all the other hip words. It took 12 months and cost 1.2 million dollars to build, and turned out to be feature equivalent to the original Wordpress site that was built in under a month. Sometimes Wordpress is the right answer.
stickfigure 8y ago
So why don't they hide or pull the post down until tomorrow?
- laumars 8y ago
  I’m guessing the post had already gone viral. Wouldn’t it be great though if you could kill content from the internet by simply removing the source. Privacy concerns would probably become less of an issue.
  - stickfigure 8y ago
    You pull the content down not to try to put the cat back in the bag. You pull the content down to show your source that it was an honest mistake and you aren't trying to capitalize on the "scoop".

egeozcan 8y ago

If I could ever get over the fact that they are using Wordpress, I still wouldn't be able to explain how a single person can set dates and publish stories on their own?!

ktm5j 8y ago
At some point, it's one persons responsibility to enter that date into a computer in some fashion.. is he supposed to share the keyboard with someone?
- travisjungroth 8y ago
  You require someone to verify the date. Then the verifier accepts them without looking because they've never been wrong before, and then we're right back where we started, except with more people to blame.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
bovermyer 8y ago
WordPress is used a lot more commonly in the news industry than you think.
lgregg 8y ago
It’s better than using WordPress to run ecommerce. News content types are close enough to blogs.
hluska 8y ago
I don't work for TNW and have never written for them, but web editing often works like this: 1.) Author submits an article often as a word file. 2.) Editor starts working on the word file. 3.) Author and editor do 1-5 rounds of edits using track changes. 4.) Editor says "Great, post it to run at xx:xx on mm-dd." 5.) The author actually logs in and makes the post. If you're thinking that technology we use every day could solve this problem, you're right! Alas, it's harder to fix years of habits than the technical issues behind the habits.
heneryville 8y ago
I worked on a project to replace a Wordpress content site. The tech team selected React + Redux + NoSQL + microservices + all the other hip words. It took 12 months and cost 1.2 million dollars to build, and turned out to be feature equivalent to the original Wordpress site that was built in under a month. Sometimes Wordpress is the right answer.

stickfigure 8y ago

So why don't they hide or pull the post down until tomorrow?

laumars 8y ago
I’m guessing the post had already gone viral. Wouldn’t it be great though if you could kill content from the internet by simply removing the source. Privacy concerns would probably become less of an issue.
- stickfigure 8y ago
  You pull the content down not to try to put the cat back in the bag. You pull the content down to show your source that it was an honest mistake and you aren't trying to capitalize on the "scoop".