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Referencing my other comment, I can't help feeling that this is duct tape. Nothing compares to Reddit and Twitter for news. What Vox seems to be trying to creat
by thrush 13y ago
Referencing my other comment, I can't help feeling that this is duct tape. Nothing compares to Reddit and Twitter for news. What Vox seems to be trying to create is current events in historical form so that readers can keep up to date. What Reddit and Twitter have to offer is debate and perspective so people can react in real time. I wish there was an elegant combination of the two. The closest thing that I've seen has been the comprehensive timeline of the Malaysian Airlines incident [1].
[1] Part 16 Here - http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/21890i/comprehensive_timeline_malaysia_airlines_flight/ http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/21890i/comprehensive_t...
- davidgerard 13y agoThe aim (I think it was an explicit aim) is to take on Wikipedia's articles on an evolving situation, where Wikipedia can do really amazingly well. I think Nupedia didn't work out, and it's some sort of cognitive bias that makes people keep thinking that reinventing it is a good idea. (I'm on the Wikimedia comms team list, where this has been discussed a bit. As a Wikipedia editor, it'd be nice if this approach created new reference-quality material.)