What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 2, Interesting) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-27 13:56 (#2QMQ) I think we need to focus on how to get get content on Pipedot. Maybe feedstreams like the Soyfeed (I love that word!) are one approach, but there may be others? This isn't my site and I'm not doing the coding, but just to get the party started, what about things like: submit articles by email, using some kind of protocol (first paragraph is the title, second is the intro, third is the link or something). Spam wouldn't be too much of a problem because all articles have to go through an editor anywaywhat about some easy way to go from an RSS reader to a submittal form, like Android's awesome "share via" system that allows you to build various bridges. Or does this mean getting someone to develop an app or equivalent, which would be a totally different and maybe cumbersome coding effort? (but cool/awesome nonetheless)? Re: What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-08-27 14:49 (#2QP7) I'm actually worried that the flood of SN articles mirrored here would take away from your own community. I too see |. as a sister site to SN; and I'd like to see you succeed; not just duplicate what we're doing on SN. So I think there may be a good way to do it - but scraping everything probably isnt the way to go. ... but i do want to congratulate you on the job that script was doing.. -Blackmoore Re: What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-27 15:45 (#2QQJ) Furthermore, congrats to the Soylent team - the site is looking and getting better every day. You have had some good articles and some good conversations going on there recently.I also have seen Soylent is struggling with the "not enough articles being submitted and too many of them are off topic or not good" problem too. That's the problem with community-run sites: you need a community and you need them to participate. If Pipedot - or Soylent, for that matter - consists of a bunch of news junkies who come to read but not write, your site is dead in the water.
Re: What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-08-27 14:49 (#2QP7) I'm actually worried that the flood of SN articles mirrored here would take away from your own community. I too see |. as a sister site to SN; and I'd like to see you succeed; not just duplicate what we're doing on SN. So I think there may be a good way to do it - but scraping everything probably isnt the way to go. ... but i do want to congratulate you on the job that script was doing.. -Blackmoore Re: What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-27 15:45 (#2QQJ) Furthermore, congrats to the Soylent team - the site is looking and getting better every day. You have had some good articles and some good conversations going on there recently.I also have seen Soylent is struggling with the "not enough articles being submitted and too many of them are off topic or not good" problem too. That's the problem with community-run sites: you need a community and you need them to participate. If Pipedot - or Soylent, for that matter - consists of a bunch of news junkies who come to read but not write, your site is dead in the water.
Re: What would it take to get more submitted articles here? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-27 15:45 (#2QQJ) Furthermore, congrats to the Soylent team - the site is looking and getting better every day. You have had some good articles and some good conversations going on there recently.I also have seen Soylent is struggling with the "not enough articles being submitted and too many of them are off topic or not good" problem too. That's the problem with community-run sites: you need a community and you need them to participate. If Pipedot - or Soylent, for that matter - consists of a bunch of news junkies who come to read but not write, your site is dead in the water.