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Just tried something which didnt work.
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updated by @ultrajam: 09/12/13 02:44:51PM

New Text Formatters setup

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Just looking at the code formatting

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You are right, building a successful brand does take time and effort. Some would say that it should take most of the time and effort put into a project. And there is the view that the value of a company/project is almost entirely in the brand, not in the buildings, staff, systems etc.

It would be a shame if every busy period the front page was full of posts about greedy developers and foxycart.

I don't think that "editorial control" involves much more time than "pending moderation". And not being of high enough quality / relevant to the brand / fitting in with this month's publication emphasis does get around a lot of "you are censoring my posts", "I have a right to say what I think on your front page" stuff. There's enough of that in forums.

Front page things could be pretty much automated, moderation/pending queue plus a time delay. The perception of the network team curating/controlling what is published could be done with a few lang strings and occasional editorial column post. And I think it would add to the perceived value.

Developers opinions can be posted on their own profile blogs. Comments and forums provide all thats needed as a free for all. Hopefully there will be plenty to choose from when cherrypicking material for the front page.

If there isn't enough material, a monthly front page update would work well - it gives time to push authors to write content to fill a specific gap on the front page. If there is a lot of material maybe select what shows weekly on the front page using a hidden "Team rating" on articles they've read over the preceeding week. There doesn't necessarily need to be an actual publication editor, but it might help if people assume that there is one.
updated by @ultrajam: 09/12/13 05:05:11AM

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Heres an example.

Codrops Collective http://tympanus.net/codrops/collective/

It's just a feed of links to articles and websites. It isn't a rolling list though, it "comes out once a week" published on a Sunday.

Somehow, it feels more relevant to me when it's done that way. I doubt there is much more going on in the way of curation/editorial control than a codrops author adding their link post to a category, but it does feel that way to me at least.

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If the jamroom network is publishing things written by others on it's home page, I think it should be approached from an editorial judgement on quality/relevance point of view rather than a moderation to check it isn't a spam post or just plain wrong.

Authors should see getting something onto the front page as something to strive for, not a moderation system to try to get around.

And readers perceive something as being better quality if it is "chosen for them" rather than automatic (even if it is mostly automatic).
updated by @ultrajam: 09/12/13 03:37:02AM

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I think a means of setting the "intro" text by the author is essential. A second text field (no editor, maybe hidden by default revealed when you check a "use different intro text" checkbox).

Maybe another checkbox for choice of whether to submit for consideration for publishing on the front page etc - making an author insert a ReadMore as a means of doing that doesnt make much sense imo.

I think "submit for consideration" is nicer than "insert readmore to get on the front page", and some sort of editorial judgement will have to be exercised (maybe until authors are "approved" or something)

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The buttons weren't stunned that time (I did < + - + - again).

Man those buttons learn fast.

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They work too. Bonus.

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I see them now as well, perhaps they were just temporarily stunned.