[Imc-web] suitable feature?

[Paul Riismandel]

I do think critiques can be relevant features, but Joe's story was not a 
fully formed critique. It's fine as a post, but as a feature it has to 
carry more weight.  Yes, it did spark debate, which I won't dismiss. 
Were it a more studied post -- referencing actual posts and critiquing 
them more substantively and explicitly, then I'd also likely be more 
convinced. But this post was more of a "Look out! Bullshit!" with 
nothing more.  

My point is that our internal debate leads me to think we need to 
discuss more thoroughly in the web group what constitutes a feature. 
 Secondly, we should discuss our method of letting someone make a 
feature without any other notice to or approval from the group.

--Paul

Sascha Meinrath wrote:

>Mainly the reason why I made it a feature is because it was all I had to
>work with on the story.  I know that one of the first things I did when I
>heard about the shuttle was go to the UCIMC website and see what was there
>-- I'm sure others were checking in as well.
>
>But there wasn't anything, so I put up a razorwire...  Joe's response was
>the first one, so I replaced the razor-wire.  Had a substantive story
>popped up I would have made Joe's story a comment and put that up.  Yet,
>Joe's commentary _became_ the story.  I hear what Paul and Clint are
>saying -- I also think that critiques of the media are also relevant
>features.  In this case, Joe's was a very sparse beginning; but the
>conversation that it's sparked has been quite exceptional.
>
>I'd prefer to think of it as a feature that grew into itself -- and I also
>think that it provides exactly the venue for debate that our website
>strives for.  In these ways, I think it's been an incredibly "successful"
>feature.  One that only now is being covered by other venues (see comment
>33 on the feature).
>
>--Sascha
>
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