Talk:The Fray (Internet forum)
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This article was nominated for deletion on August 4, 2005. The result of the discussion was No Consensus default to Keep. |
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[edit] First talk (first/second)
Suggstion: Technically, BTC News was the SECOND blog to get a White House correspondent and the FIRST to have a White House Correspondent actually ask a question of the President's spokesman. According to the article linked: "The second blogger allowed into the White House briefing room became the first blogger to actually ask press secretary Scott McClellan a question last week. "
My bad for the original misstatement (though, in some sense it's an arguable point)
- I'll leave it as is. Thanks Geoff-LA.--SwingLowSweetDeej 02:55, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Ah, JC, you never fail to bring a smile...--SwingLowSweetDeej 17:58, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you Essjay. I will endeavor to expand and refine this article as I can, as will others, of course. Many had their hand in it over at Slate. --SwingLowSweetDeej 13:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Second talk (falsehood)
I'm pretty sure this line has been amended to the point of falsehood: "A controversial re-design during Slate's days as a subscription-based service spawned The Mote, but was ultimately returned to a free service after readership of Slate and participation in the Fray dropped significantly."
[edit] DATE CORRECTION
I tend to think the Fray originated in 1995, not 1998 as stated. I joined forum in the spring of 1996, and at that point it was thriving.
[edit] archived discussion threads
I added the archived threads. Yes, they are archived versions of discussions on the site before the redesign. My apologies for not designating them clearly. There are other archives out there, btw.
[edit] navigation
I'd like to see some mention of the mercenary navigation limitations on the fray site. Specifically, the page rebuild (complete with new ad) necessary to view ...every...single...posting, rather then any mechanism to view the full content of all posts in a thread at once.
[edit] profit?
Not sure why the article alleged the Fray is a "profit center" for Slate. A lot of strange stuff in this article, but that claim was unusually baseless.
