[HH] Hardware Hacking sub-reddit

[Phil C.]

I hate to interrupt, but this is superbowl time, America's Holiday, time to
pig out, drink till you drop!  Hardware will be there after the superbowl!  

:-) 

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From: hardwarehacking-bounces+charlestek=rcn.com at blu.org
[mailto:hardwarehacking-bounces+charlestek=rcn.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Metro
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 6:32 PM
To: hardwarehacking at blu.org
Subject: [HH] Hardware Hacking sub-reddit

I have a backlog of articles queued for posting to the list here (a bunch
due to CES), which I haven't gotten to, as it takes some time to go through
each, determine whether it is newsworthy, and summarize it.

I'm wondering whether it may be more efficient to share these items through
a mechanism like Reddit. Basically any on-topic article would be funneled
there without delay, where the community could decide which are newsworthy
by ranking them.

In theory, some automation could be applied to generate a weekly posting to
the list showing the top 10 (or whatever) articles from the past week.

I've had only limited exposure to Reddit, and thus can't say whether it is
an ideal tool for this. I know it permits ranking and commenting on stories,
but I don't believe it lets multiple users contribute
(wiki-style) to a summary of the article. I'm not aware of any alternative
services that would address this deficiency.

(I tend to consider good summaries critical in any news source. I judge the
quality of a news channel not only on how many articles of interest it sends
my way, but also on how good it is at telling me enough about an article in
the summary that I don't feel the need to read any more.
If each entry amounts to a teaser that leaves me more curious, then its
great for the sites advertising model, but a waste of my time.)

I've discussed this idea with Will Rico, manager of BLU's Desktop Linux
sub-group, who is looking for a similar solution.

Regardless of the tool chosen, most depend on community participation, and
with this small list, that's going to be a challenge. If none of you are
existing users of Reddit, getting you to visit there periodically is
probably not going to happen.

Do any of you already use Reddit?

Are the news summary postings on the list useful? Or would you rather the
list stick to project oriented discussion?

 -Tom
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