[Boston-editorial] Articles vs. Links to articles- new policy?

[Pete Stidman]

I originally included a link so you could see the
content I am talking about:  Here it is again.

http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34149/index.php

Please- check it out this time so you know what I mean
by this.  

I just think we could be focused on having full
articles- not links to articles.  I think it would
make the site a little more usable and less
frustrating.  

When I click into a story I want to see a story, not a
blurb and a bunch of links to pull me off the site.

-Pete
 


--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Uh, I really don't have time to read most of that
> stuff. If you think 
> there's people we should encourage to post more of
> on our website, may 
> be you should post links to their work here and ask
> some of the rest of 
> us to check them out so we can evaluate them.
> Really, I think the best 
> long-term solution is to set up a section of our
> site that consists of 
> blogs and encourage people to blog there, rather
> than posting it in the 
> newswire or other press. But I haven't seen the
> content you're talking 
> about, so I really can't say what I actually think
> of it and where it 
> belongs. -- Matt
> 
> On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Pete Stidman wrote:
> 
> > That's an interesting idea.  We could do that but
> > maybe we could make a distinction for certain
> bloggers
> > that are really good writers.  Folks we really
> want on
> > the site we could ask to publish full articles. 
> We
> > could explain it as, "either post full articles or
> > post to other press or we hide it.  We strongly
> > suggest posting full since you will be on the
> newswire
> > longer than the other press (which has a shorter
> > threshold)."
> >
> > THen for folks we like less we could present both
> > options without the emphasis on the full article
> maybe
> > even pressure them to go to other press. I bet
> theyd
> > go there if given a choice anyway.
> >
> > -Pete
> > --- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> I often just move stuff like that to the Other
> >> Press. People are in the
> >> habit of posting entire articles in the Other
> Press,
> >> but it's main
> >> function is to provide links to interesting
> articles
> >> eslewhere
> >> (especially off the Indy Media system), whether
> or
> >> not they actually
> >> post the content of the article. -- Matt
> >>
> >> On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:
> >>
> >>> we get a fair number of articles that are more
> >> links
> >>> than articles.  In a way these are almost
> >>> advertisements for other peoples news sites and
> >> blogs.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Heres an example:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34149/index.php
> >>>
> >>> The article is not even in this post, you have
> to
> >> go
> >>> to the link to read the article.  If people go
> to
> >> the
> >>> article it breaks the continuity of the use of
> our
> >>> site.  I'm not so worried about links in
> general,
> >> I
> >>> love links.  But I think if someone opens up a
> >>> newswire item they should see something of
> >> substance.
> >>> An article or an announcement of an upcoming
> event
> >> or
> >>> at least a news blurb.
> >>>
> >>> We could have some sort of soft enforcement
> policy
> >> on
> >>> this- by contacting the writers of these to say-
> >> hey
> >>> post an article and THEN link to your blog.  We
> >> could
> >>> give folks a number of chances to start doing
> this
> >> but
> >>> then start hiding them if they don't.  It's not
> >>> censorship but a little control over the form of
> >> our
> >>> site.  They may not get as many links- but the
> >> links
> >>> they do get would be on the merit of their
> >> articles
> >>> and not the creation of curiousity with these
> >> annoying
> >>> posts.
> >>>
> >>> What do other folks think?
> >>>
> >>> -Pete
> >>>
> >>>
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