Comments on: HOAs as Hyperlocal Publishers? http://localonliner.com/2009/09/21/hoas-getting-real-as-hyperlocal-publishers/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Taylor Walsh http://localonliner.com/2009/09/21/hoas-getting-real-as-hyperlocal-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-186485 Taylor Walsh Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:03:56 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=2391#comment-186485 This all reminds me of an informal review I did a few years ago (as Backfence got started) of neighborhood email lists around Washington. The % of residents who spend time online always seemed satisfied with whatever their neighbors were posting in that simple format. That is no doubt still the case. And if the neighborhood lacks a list; seems to be of little matter. The WaPost and others could do worse than to publish in the paper (with approval from list managers) the top items from the local email lists that do exist within the region. "Zone" it WebRegion and sell 1/4-pages to BestBuy. WaPost is giving very high visibility to tweets from Redskin fans -- across the top of football coverage pages. That's a good example of UGC re-purposed for print in context. Should be similar local themes out there, if less crazed than what comes out of NFL fandom. This all reminds me of an informal review I did a few years ago (as Backfence got started) of neighborhood email lists around Washington. The % of residents who spend time online always seemed satisfied with whatever their neighbors were posting in that simple format. That is no doubt still the case. And if the neighborhood lacks a list; seems to be of little matter.

The WaPost and others could do worse than to publish in the paper (with approval from list managers) the top items from the local email lists that do exist within the region. “Zone” it WebRegion and sell 1/4-pages to BestBuy.

WaPost is giving very high visibility to tweets from Redskin fans — across the top of football coverage pages. That’s a good example of UGC re-purposed for print in context. Should be similar local themes out there, if less crazed than what comes out of NFL fandom.

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