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231 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 21 Mar \ parent \ on: Read stacker news zine issue #0 - you might be in it! meta
We are just kind of winging it with what content to put in it. Maybe we could add the post with the most comments every week too.
That'll just be me and @grayruby talking about random sports stuff.
I think that selection will require some serious editorial discretion, but if you can distill the most interesting comments into something that reads like a coherent conversation, it would be very valuable for people who don't have the time to sort through some of the large discussion threads.
Basically, I'm thinking of a more refined and polished version of how you discuss posts on SNL, using the text of the posts and comments as much as possible.
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I love this idea - an interesting take on the unsolved problem of making discussions in general the unit of concern, vs posts. Curating it in an independent medium could inspire.
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I'm glad you can see the vision. It wouldn't just be sharing Stacker News content in print. It could really enhance what was created here.
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You could even get more meta - themes vs posts / comments. How do different things relate to each other and form some larger movement?
Think Lapham's Quarterly.
So many cool directions it could go in. How else could one/offline support each other? I love seeing this kind of creativity unfold.
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I wonder if I'm thinking synergistically to you - when I select a theme for the issue, I embellish around the top stories with different things (posts, comments, bios) from across time that I excavate from the site
This may be most clearly exemplified in the latest issue where I created a graphic around the topic "pleb" finding instances where "pleb" was written in a bio. Then anything else I found interesting with "pleb" in it was filtered in through my editorial lens
Is this what you mean? sorta?
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Some similar energy. Lapham's would do what you did, except over basically all of literature throughout history. It was a really interesting collision between things. It must have been super cool to put together the issues.
You can't just read them online I guess, but you can get a sense. Here's the Technology issue.
I hope you keep going!
I was thinking of that sort of thing, too. It doesn't have to be restricted to a particular post. There are often multiple on similar or related topics and it would be very cool to blend them and their comments into a coherent piece.
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