Why was my post killed?
As a Topix editor, you may have had a posted story killed before.
Here are the 2 main reasons why a story may be removed.
Off topic
Stories are most often killed due to being off topic. If you are a local editor, you’ll want to keep your stories on topic about your town and surrounding areas. For example, posting about Yoda, the four-eared cat from Chicago, is certainly interesting but is not on topic for the town of Utica, NY. The same rule of thumb goes for posting in a top node. A news story about Pakistan has nothing to do with the 2008 Presidential Election.
Duplicates
Sometimes there are duplicate stories. Let’s say you post a story about a local fire. As time passes, there may be more details known about the incident, another editor may post an updated story and your story may be killed. At the same time, if there isn’t much editor activity, roboblogger may be posting the same stories as well.
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Comments (1)
On October 13, 2008 9:02 PM, karapoleh said:
Noted