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martin burns martin at members.evolt.org
Wed Aug 23 03:41:14 CDT 2000


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At 05:08 22/08/00, Daniel J. Cody wrote:
>They're trying to make a site (for people like myself and
>others) for a quick 'one-stop-look' at the sites that audience likes.

Right, so it's a syndication play, yes? We'd be taking a similar
position to Reuters (except that unlike them, we'd have our own
site too) - distribute our content as headlines to other sites.

Now to a certain extent that's what slashboxen are about (and
Netscape channels etc); this is a step forward.

Question: doesn't this compete with a lot of what /. are doing?
With slashboxen, they're trying to aggregate a lot of content
and be that OS vortal. Or is the /. strategy to move away from
that, and tout OSDN as taking that role?

Next question (and I think you've hinted at the answer):
Why are we doing this? Usually there are 3 reasons for
syndicating your content out:
1) You get paid for it (eg Reuters)
2) You use it to draw a specific audience back to yourself
     (eg Freshmeat)
3) You have a duty to get your content out there pro bono
    publica, to reach parts of your audience who may not normally
    (get the time to) visit your site (eg BBC News)

Obviously I don't see option 1 as a viable one for us. However,
I think the other 2 options are valid, but understanding what the
bias is towards one or the other will be useful in making a decision.

Can anyone think of any other reasons for doing this?

Cheers
Martin
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