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Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

leigh — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:36:11 -0000

"Open" Salon makes you become a member to comment. Fracking hate that. I'm gone.

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

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Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

mathewi — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:27:38 -0000

Have to agree, Pete. I think the design of the cover page could, er... use some work :-)

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

Pete — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:48:26 -0000

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."

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

profy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:07:16 -0000

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.

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

mathewi — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:16:52 -0000

That's a good point, Adina. I think comment rating is a good feature as well -- perhaps they will add it later.

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

Adina Levin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:27:43 -0000

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.

Re: Salon builds it — but will anyone come?

Joe Hunkins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:02:01 -0000

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.