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This is fascinating! I know you wrote me about your site a few days ago, but I only saw the front page: the more detailed expansion is an excellent idea. I'd lo
by unalone 18y ago
This is fascinating! I know you wrote me about your site a few days ago, but I only saw the front page: the more detailed expansion is an excellent idea. I'd love to see if you can get to the point where you're hiring journalists. If that goes well, you might have just started the first online local newspaper.
Add more writers to your blogs, which are essentially open source journalism projects.
That's a great mindset. Make blogs into projects and see what works and what doesn't.
- brandnewlow 18y agoThanks. Your front-page critique was really helpful. I'm working on putting a few of your suggestions into practice. The design thing that drives me mad is figuring out what the front page should look like. How do you combine a Digg/Reddit interface with original content without short-changing one or the other? If there are any pro or amateur UI designers out there with advice, I'm all ears. I've created about 40 front page mockups in the last year and finally just decided to stick the original stuff in the sidebar to focus on getting the social news up and running as best possible.