I used "now" to give it a sense of "this just happened, so read it!" I might be going too Buzzfeed-y, though...
I'm fine with those tweaks to the social media messages. --Ed On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:32 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm attempting something new and getting pre-approved social for a post >> we're putting up on the blog tomorrow morning. Those with WordPress access >> can view a preview, >> <https://wikimediablog.wordpress.com/?p=41409&preview=true> or read the >> original Signpost article: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-03-25/Op-ed >> . >> >> > Nice piece :) > > >> I'm also wavering between the current title ("My father's railroad >> photographs now benefit the world, free of charge") and the former title >> ("How my father’s railroad image collection now benefits the world: the >> value of digitization"). Comments on this would be delightful. >> > > I'd lean towards the current title, I think it calls out to the reader a > bit more (more likely to think 'meh digitalization sounds boring' then 'meh > free pictures sounds boring' even if they all have them same outcomes). If > you want to use the 2nd one though (which is still nice) I'd drop the 'now' > Sounds a bit odd to me with in in there and rolls a bit better with "How my > father's railroad image collection benefits the world: ..." > > >> *Twitter:* >> >> - Ever wonder how your parent's train-watching hobby could change the >> world? >> >> > Hmmm, I admit I would probably click that but my first reaction was "no. > not really... my parent's didn't have a train-watching hobby". Perhaps > some adjustments to make more generic? like: > > - Ever wonder how your parent's photo collection could change the > world? > - Ever wonder how your parent's hobby could change the world? > > >> - The heartwarming story of how one man's railroad image collection >> now benefits the world: >> >> ugh heartwarming sounds so sappy ;) but cute :) LGTM >> >> >> *Facebook/Google+:* >> >> - His dad's and grandfather's old photos had been “tucked away with >> other family artifacts” and only ever brought out of storage “every dozen >> years or so." Now they can be enjoyed by everyone in the world. >> >> LGTM > >> >> - Ever wonder how your parent's train-watching hobby could change the >> world? >> >> Same question as above. > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
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