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Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

Pete — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:44:49 -0000

Hey Mike,

I tend to agree - Techdirt does corporate insights, rather than summaries. Not sure what comparison is being made here, but keep up the great work and I'm sure Kristen will drop by and fix/clarify soon.

Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

Mike Masnick — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:10:48 -0000

Hi there,

While it's always great to see Techdirt mentioned somewhere, I'm at a loss as to how Brijit is like Techdirt in any way.

Brijit looks cool, but it looks completely different to what we're doing with Techdirt. We don't pay people to write abstracts for public consumption -- we pay experts to provide detailed and in-depth analysis for private consumption by companies.

Am I missing something?

Mike

Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

Jay — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:12:09 -0000

All these Lijit name rip offs are lame.

Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

JeremyB — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:42:39 -0000

We appreciate you taking a look at Brijit and sharing us with your readers, Kristen. A couple of follow up thoughts:

As C. Mac points out, Brijit's not so much "Digg for Writers" as it is "Digg for People Who Are Too Busy for Digg." In an increasingly Web-, mobile-, and RSS-driven world, we think our approach (aggregation, recommendation, and abbreviation), combined with a pre-qualified coverage universe, can be a valuable time-saver. Of course, we continue to add new sources all the time, too.

As for the Brijit Index we rolled out today, we'll be posting it regularly as part our new Brijit Blog (coming next week), and integrating it more tightly with the site, with all the archival bells and widget whistles you'd expect, very soon.

Best,
Jeremy Brosowsky, founder & CEO, Brijit
www.brijit.com

Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

C. Mac — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:17:35 -0000

You seem to have mistaken what Brijit is about. The site is for readers who have very little time, and use the abstracts to determine whether they should read an article. They are the vast majority of the site's users. The writing requirements are extremely specific and comparatively few people succeed at it. Any resemblance to Digg is superficial and accidental.

Re: Brijit is Digg for Writers

Angelos — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:45:57 -0000

Associated content and Helium have similar business models - providing collections of ranked content for publications to distribute. As a writer, however, I am hesitant to adopt such systems hinged to larger media outlets. Payment is typically only received when a story is distribute by a larger entity not devoted to original content.

John Battelle has an interesting piece on "push and pull readership." This is definitely an example of pulling readers toward content, an increasingly ineffective method.