LWN status update

LWN status update

Posted Jul 31, 2002 21:44 UTC (Wed) by BogusUser ((unknown), #399)
Parent article: LWN status update

I would like to suggest several things:

1.) First, to me, the most valuable part of LWN is actually the daily edition. I really like the weekly edition, but the daily edition is one of my stops *everyday*. So, first off, why not do like Slashdot, and place larger (more appealing to advertisers) ads on the Daily Edition pages, and then offer a way to buy ad-free page views. This is something I would be really interested in.

2.) Delayed Weekly Edition, as others suggested, delaying public consumption of the daily edition is a good idea, especially if you give the headlines but no links or content - just to entice people. I think a one week delay would be good - the old issue becomes publically available one the new one comes out.

3.) Create an e-mail version of the Weekly Edition for subscribers (if they want it) that has the full content of the Weekly Edition in a nice big e-mail.

4.) What about a downloadable archive of all previous weekly editions, nicely formatted to fit into the KHelpCenter or GNOME 2's Yelp? That'd be nice.

5.) Adopt-A-Page: You know when you are listening to the radio, and they say "Now this from the Bob's Roofing Traffic-copter One" or "And now a look at sports at the Fred's Fine Dining Sports Desk?" Yeah, it all may seem stupid to a point, but what about allowing people and companies to adopt a page? For instance in the free version of LWN Weekly Edition, you could have "The IBM Front Page" or the "RedHat Security Page"...

-Tim

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