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March 21 2008

 topherchris: Anybody like? I love Helvetica. I wanna have, like, ten-thousand of its babies. Still thinking about how it would work. ~10 top stories a day sounds great, and I suppose that means either I need to moderate submissions or have a very tight group of posters. Hrmm. Comments are enabled, sucka’.  Aren’t you going to get tired of playing New York Times editor in chief? I mean, every day there are thousands of news stories written. Which ten are the most interesting? That’s a highly subjective question. Interesting to who? What a white male American thinks is important is quite different from what a black female Canadian might find interesting. I don’t suggest you try to be the only filter because that’s bound to stress you, and take time away from your various Tumblprojects which I think we all agree would be a sin. Here’s an idea; what if you choose ten contributors who will all be required to post ONLY one thing a day. If a contributor misses a few days, kick ‘em out and let the next person on the waiting list have a shot. That’s kind of how real newspapers do it right?

 topherchris:

Anybody like?

  1. I love Helvetica. I wanna have, like, ten-thousand of its babies.

  2. Still thinking about how it would work. ~10 top stories a day sounds great, and I suppose that means either I need to moderate submissions or have a very tight group of posters. Hrmm.

Comments are enabled, sucka’.

 Aren’t you going to get tired of playing New York Times editor in chief? I mean, every day there are thousands of news stories written. Which ten are the most interesting? That’s a highly subjective question. Interesting to who? What a white male American thinks is important is quite different from what a black female Canadian might find interesting. I don’t suggest you try to be the only filter because that’s bound to stress you, and take time away from your various Tumblprojects which I think we all agree would be a sin.

Here’s an idea; what if you choose ten contributors who will all be required to post ONLY one thing a day. If a contributor misses a few days, kick ‘em out and let the next person on the waiting list have a shot. That’s kind of how real newspapers do it right?

  1. topherchris reblogged this from codery and added:
    Anybody interested in contributing...newsmasher please email me (topherchris@gmail.com)...
  2. codery reblogged this from topherchris and added:
    In that case, I’d like to nominate dihard. She’s on a trip right now, but her entries are consistently high quality...
  3. topherchris reblogged this from codery and added:
    You’re totally right. Being the sole moderator would not end well, and...responsibility....
  4. codery reblogged this from topherchris and added:
    Aren’t you going to get tired of playing New York Times editor in chief?...mean, every day...
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