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Couple Plans Wedding, Then Harry Potter
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This file image originally supplied by Scholastic on March 28, 2007, shows the cover of the U.S. edition of the highly anticipated "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter book due in stores just after midnight on July 21, 2007. Alleged images of the book have already been circulating online days before the official release. More than 100 actual books may already have been received by customers. As of Wednesday morning, July 18, 2007, the $34.99 release was being offered on eBay, for immediate purchase, for $250.00. (AP Photo/Scholastic)
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Another crap article from the AP.
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#1 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:12 AM EDTSeeing this article on the front page greatly reduces my respect for newsvine.
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And this is why we complain about the AP feed--there is no control over what sits in that big ole featured spot. This kind of thing should not be there.
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Really? I kind of like this. What makes it crap?
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#2 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:22 AM EDTNo, I don't think it was top news. That was not the question I was responding to.
Does anyone else see the irony of what has happened here. If the person who thought it was "crap" had said nothing this would barely have been noticed. But he wrote a comment saying it was crap. I asked what exactly was crap about it. It's a cute featurey story. My question was focused on what about the cute feature story was crap - was it inaccurate or just not interesting to the commentor or what?
I went away for 8 hours and came back and there are 10 responses and if there is any reason it is now listed as a top seed or whatever it is because of the comments complaining about its crapness.
In short, if you don't want this kind of seed to be a top seed the solution is simple - don't comment.
We've met the enemy and the enemy is us.
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There's a huge difference between asking me if this story is "crap" and asking if it is "top news."
Were I an editor would I run this on a features page? Sure. Would I run it on the front page? Hell, no.
Eric sums it up well:
Well, I personally like this story and wouldn't say its "another crappy A.P. story" but I'd agree it shouldn't be in the top spot. It is something I'd read in a newspaper though.
When I came to this story, it was because it was in the main block on the front page, and there was only one comment at the time. I don't think this kind of thing should be in that big front page block, the one we can't move or get rid of.
It's not a bad story. It's not badly written. It's timely. But it is fluff.
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I don't come via the front page so i usually - includig in this case - have any idea what is considered top or not. I'm starting to wonder if it's better that way because shouldn't stories like this be judged by its content not by how many votes it has?
If the issue is where are AP stories going I think that's an issue entirely separate from this and Harry Potter.
But to go back to the original comment that I felt impelled to respond to:
Another crap article from the AP.
I still don't know if the point is the article is crap which i define different from fluff or what exactly was his criticism.
This'll teach me to ask.
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It is quite an interesting story. The question that arises in one's mind is: why is the series of Harry Potter earned this kind of popularityacross the world. We need to seriously discuss the issues of technique, socio-political factors and the global capiotalism in this regard.
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#4 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:55 AM EDTI'm happy to see I'm not the only one that doesn't believe this to be the top story of the moment.
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#5 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:05 AM EDTWell, I personally like this story and wouldn't say its "another crappy A.P. story" but I'd agree it shouldn't be in the top spot. It is something I'd read in a newspaper though.
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