6/ Algorithms created the content farming race to the bottom (Demand media) on producer side, fake-news filter bubbles on audience side
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7/ There are 2 solutions that work; both are human intensive and don't quite work online: old media and individuals as full-stack publishers
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8/ Old media achieves quality, consistency at scale using traditional command and control editorial. But margins are precarious at best now
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9/ New media 'works' if brand is a single person from paper-napkin writing ideas to distribution decisions. Ben himself is a good example.
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10/ I've been slow-pivoting ribbonfarm from individual to multi-author over 3-4 years. Why so long? Why not just indiscriminate guest posts?
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11/ Early bad experiences with guest posts convinced me there was a narrow band of elasticity around my own style of writing and taste
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12/ Those bad experiences led to more deliberate expts with extended, carefully invited guests.
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13/ These worked, and began broadening the brand, staying relatively consistent around 'refactored perception' and consistent quality
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14/ The first "ribbonfarmesque" on-brand hit that was NOT by me was probably
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15/ After I worked out 'residency' formula over 3y (now at 14... need to add
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16/ This was the seriously risky move of inviting @sarahdoingthing as contributing editor... an impulse function shock to brand elasticity
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17/ I did it *because* we were truly different in a few key ways that would create an interesting editrial level tension. It worked.
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18/ Finally, 4y after "residents" and 2y after Sarah joined, we tried first big risk: a longform course with output published on ribbonfarm
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