The pitch is this: We’ll sell you a blog, and your content will live alongside that of Forbes’ journalists and bloggers. This isn’t the “sponsored post” of yore; rather, it is giving advocacy groups or corporations such as Ford or Pfizer the same voice and same distribution tools as Forbes staffers, not to mention the Forbes brand.

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As the founder of the Hacks/Hackers network, which brings together programmers and journalists to share skills on projects, Herman hopes Storify will marry the best from the worlds of technology and journalism to create “a future content management system for social media”.

via Laura Oliver, ‘Why are we just doing static things?’: Burt Herman talks dynamic storytelling with Storify, journalism.co.uk.

Storify demo from Burt Herman on Vimeo.

I think it’s amazing when you have conversations in the footer of an article that ends up changing your perspective. […] But it’s still my article. And nothing you can do—be a commenter for years; be civil in the past; even be right—gives you an excuse to be disrespectful or even impolite in the comments of an article or in an email to an editor. I mean, you can be a spurting gash of venom as much as you want. But you can’t do that and then expect to get any sort of respect back.

via Gizmodo, You Write ‘Bias Journalism’ and I Read ‘Derp’.

Soylent’s three current features are called Shortn, Crowdproof, and the Human Macro:

• Shortn: Ever write 1,700 words and blow right past your 1,200 word count? Shortn lets writers submit passages of text to MTurk for trimming. They can determine how much they want to cut with a handy slider tool.

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I’m going to need a lot more to keep me writing. If you want my reviews because your business runs on user-generated-content, you are going to need to do better. Stroking my ego no longer works. I want direct benefits….free parking, a free night, coffee for free or dessert, discounts and so forth.

via Paul Jozefak, I’m Tired of Creating Your Content – Babbling VC.

• Talk radio
• Dear Abby
• America’s Funniest Home Videos
• Fanzines
• Late-Night Television

Lon S. Cohen, 5 Old-School Businesses That Rely On User-Generated Content.

As you might’ve seen, our friends at Engadget have shut down their comments, which had become overrun by troll hordes. Trolls lurk everywhere, but our system—often mystifying to newcomers—is designed to keep them out. Here’s why it’s better.

via Ryan Sholin, Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better.