Comment by Pyxl101
11 years ago
Once a year is about the right frequency. Recurring stories is one way in which a community shares and perpetuates its culture with newcomers. Some of them are a delight to read on that yearly cadence, like the SR-71 story about a pilot and his copilot becoming a crew.
That said, it's wise to consider the frequency with which such things appear, individually and in total. Too much repetition and focus on memes becomes dysfunctionally self-obsessive. Not sure what the right answer is, but I can probably deal with once per year, short time on front page, and small % of total content.
This is an interesting idea. Have a system where a community can mark something as important, and to have it automatically reposted at preset intervals. Community members could be allowed to additionally repost, or the system can politely say it's already archived and will be shared again on such & such date. Use it as a way to reinforce community history.
Sounds like we already have exactly such a system, no?
People forget culture is the original technology.
Different form of "stickies" I guess. Except no one reads stickies.
Right. I'd imagine it working well on reddit where content is just reposted automatically and receives normal upvoting. Makes it more organic.
Would you mind linking the SR-71 story? Somehow I never saw that.
"The Ultimate Ground Speed Check": http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912...
That was beautiful, thank you.
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