It's likely to happen sooner or later: more refined curation of the non stop flow of information that runs thru the 24/7 cycle.
As I often discuss when I talk about the Two Tempos of news (24/7 cycle and curated editions), most of us want both.
Now Andrew Golis, general manager of The Wire, has provided a window into a new project called “This.,” which he is heading up for Atlantic Media. Golis refers to it as a “digital shelf,” a place for users to keep and show their favorite links of the day.
There is one catch: Users will be able to share just one link a day—an article, or a video, perhaps—”and follow and give thanks to other users doing the same thing,” he wrote.
Less is best seems to be the idea, but, I ask: one link? On an average day I share from 3-5 links, but I admit that not all of them may be important. In addition, I am the recipient of some 8-10 items that others share with me daily.
Golis described his proposed project as an attempt to prioritize quality content over quantity, and to slow down the stream of news updates that clog social media feeds.
It will be interesting to see how the audience welcomes this new project in which consumers of information are asked to control their voracious appetite for news, and to discipline their impulses to share.
For those who read in Spanish, here is a special report (Dossier) from Spain's Metadeporte of how the media fared in its coverage of the recent World Cup 2014 in Brazil. I was included among those quoted.
Take a look here:
http://metadeporte.com/numero-siete-de-metadeporte/