DISQUS

Mathew's comments: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

  • Joe Hunkins · 1 year ago
    Yes - interesting even if it fails. This is the first I'd heard about the concept but I find it very appealing. Currently posts are often elevated in status and read based on the popularity and ranking of the blog, not the post. This is not in the true spirit of new media where the quality of the content, as determined by readers (rather than aggregators or search engines), should be the key metric. Let's hope Salon has fired at least a few good shots in that direction.
  • Svetlana Gladkova · 1 year ago
    Mathew, I think I know why they are so generous with their users. Since the payments are processed by Revolution Money Exchange, they seem to use the referral program with RME that earns you $10 every time you refer someone. So basically this $10 bonus is paid by Revolution Money Exchange themselves. Kind of a peculiar approach, a very creative way to use referral money.
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    Honestly, I'm having a difficult time making heads or tails of the cover page. My first impression is "Holy hell, what a hideous, cluttered mess."
  • mathewi · 1 year ago
    Have to agree, Pete. I think the design of the cover page could, er... use some work :-)
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  • leigh · 1 year ago
    "Open" Salon makes you become a member to comment. Fracking hate that. I'm gone.
  • Hair Salon Bangkok · 2 months ago
    I don't know if i like the sounds of that...
  • Adina Levin · 1 year ago
    The Salon site has a great many features, and lacks the single one I wish they had - a slashdot style comment rating system to improve the signal to noise ratio of huge discussion threads.
  • mathewi · 1 year ago
    That's a good point, Adina. I think comment rating is a good feature as well -- perhaps they will add it later.