Idea: Using Fridge Blog As A Showcase For Non-Members

[Charles Profitt]

Two things to add to the conversation as points of data (non-opinion)

1.  The planet has historically been for Ubuntu Members and that membership has been used as the filter for posts; I am aware of exceptions for organizational blogs to be included as well.

2.  The Fridge has historically been for more 'official' content from inside the Ubuntu Community.

---- opinion ----

I think there is value in having a channel for 'news' type content vs. personal blogs. The Fridge is open to non-members though.

"The Fridge is an information hub for the Ubuntu community, bringing together news, grassroots marketing, advocacy, team collaboration, and great original content about Ubuntu. Just like the family fridge at home, this is where we – the Ubuntu family – can put our best work on display for everyone to see… along with the requisite jokes, reminders, invitations, news clippings, photos and everything else! We’re starting out small, but have some good plans for filling the shelves. Read on to find out about upcoming features, and where to send your suggestions." [1]
Given that statement I think adding content from non-members to the Fridge is acceptable, but I would prefer the items to be more like 'news' or 'interest' stories than personal blogs. An example would be an Ubuntu event in Omaha run by a non-member. That needs a channel to be seen and the fridge would be a good location for that. It would appear that there is already an established team running the site and people could submit stories, events, etc to them for inclusion. People could also join the team and help run the site (more hands make light work).
I can also see that non-members would benefit from being able to have their blogs 'read' by interested community members, but I am not sure how to best handle that and keep the planet based on membership and the Fridge based on more official news like information.

[1] - http://ubuntu-news.org/about/


---- On Thu, 03 Sep 2015 08:56:26 -0700 Randall Ross  <randall at ubuntu.com> wrote ---- 



On 09/03/2015 08:44 AM, Jorge O. Castro wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:35 AM, José Antonio Rey <jose at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Adding guest contributor posts would remove that value.
> We just need to do it smartly. Space it out so it's a nice stable flow
> instead of 5 posts all at once, etc. And the editors are smart enough
> to ensure the content is of high quality.
>
> And if people still think that's too noisy we could always tag them
> with a special tag, not show it on the fridge homepage but syndicate
> that feed to planet.
>
We should start with data and a problem statement before we jump to
solutioning...

What do analytics say about the Fridge vs. Ubuntu Planet? My guess (gut
feel) is that readership of Planet is much larger than Fridge, and
Insights too.

Let's pick the channel that has the eyeballs that we want, and then
optimize. Or let's devise a strategy to get people looking where they're
not currently.

Cheers,
Randall.

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