Cast off the Shackles of Your Feed: Get Your First Taste of Reading Freedom.
Now fans get to choose what they want to read — take this poll!
My drafts folder is enormous, growing faster than I can delete the ideas I don’t want to use.
Since last night, I had four good ideas for long-form articles — the new Medium medium of exchange — and there isn’t enough time in the day to write 10,000–12,000 words.
Let me correct that.
There isn’t enough time in the day to write 10,000–12,000 well-written, quote filled, citation-backed, not-coming-completely-out-of-my-ass words.
But if I write about one of those four ideas, tomorrow I will have four more ideas I like, and the other ones will get buried in the draft folder.
This dilemma presents two questions:
- Which article do I want to write, edit and polish today to be published tomorrow?
- Which article do my readers want to read tomorrow?
There’s a good chance I will ignore the subject that interests most people, so why leave it to chance?
As you may or may not know from my past attempts to create a more interactive experience, I love to play with new technology.
In the article below, I gave you, dear reader, the option of choosing to read either the good news first or the bad news first, and even the choice of reading only the good news:
But aren’t you entitled to more?
After all, aren’t we all merely hapless howler monkeys rattling the chains that connect us to our digital master and organ grinder Ev Williams, while the audience laughs at our struggles to break free?
But aren’t you entitled to more? After all, aren’t we all merely hapless howler monkeys rattling the chains that connect us to our digital master and organ grinder Ev Williams, while the audience laughs at our struggles to break free?
If we’re going to work for peanuts on this platform (More of an elephant reference, but nobody pays attention to what monkeys eat —people are more concerned with what comes out of the other end), at least we should have some fun and the illusion of freedom, right?
Why concede control to corporate Corgi curators when you could choose the copy you consume?
If I can give you the option to read a story with two different perspectives, why not the option to choose the topic you want?
Since I always complain about the garbage clogging the feed on this writing platform that shall remain nameless (still hoping for curation!), I shall begin the content revolution by giving you readers the power to choose.
Behold, the power of the poll.
Once the votes start rolling in, I will craft the story that you want!
I will cut off the poll on Saturday at 11:59 pm (EDT), then work feverishly through the night to deliver a delicious, piping hot article on the subject of your choice for Sunday brunch (or supper, depending on the depth of the subject matter).
Vote today and show those Corgis who is boss.
The results are in.
Got to give the people, give the people what they want!
Here’s to better writing.
Okay, I’m sorry to have to do this, and I promise not to do it again.
Since this article will pass through the bowels of the “new on your network” feed faster than a probiotic prune flaxative, I will call on some of my more regular (no pun intended) fans.
I appreciate all of your highlights and positive comments.
Sadly, no good deed goes unpunished.
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