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 jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org 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.
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