Friday, April 1, 2005
HOWTO get something posted to Boring BoringWe depend on the suggestions we get from you folks for the raw fodder for Boring Boring. We get a lot of suggested sites. Here's an explanation of the best way to get a link published here:
Dos:
- Do submit the link
We cannot post a link if you do not send it to us. - Do not describe the link
Our Hotmail accounts get full if too many people send messages with lots and lots of text. And we never read the descriptions anyway. - Do include your email
It's optional, but it disturbs us to receive emails from people without email addresses. That's, like, Twilight Zone-freaky. - Do not include your URL
We'll just ignore it and link to one of our own sites.
Don'ts:
- Don't submit links
See Do number 1: we didn't mean it. Receiving all those links is exhausting. - If you must submit something, don't send it in without links
If you saw something boring on TV or received something boring in email, you need to write about it at length and post it to your livejournal before suggesting it.
We know how rote it is to share every single link you find with other
people and we're really unable to stop you when you choose to share
them with us. But when you send us links, you're wasting your time. The
best way to have a satisfying experience interacting with Boring Boring
is to try to do what we try to do: as little as possible.
posted by Cory Doctorow at 07:37:07 AM
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