I agree that journalism students aren't necessarily the best; they'd just be fairly easily available. Seeking out big-name/popular fans is problematic; monetizing fandom, even indirectly, is controversial, and a new company may not have any way of figuring out who's skilled at making good discussions happen, rather than just posting things people like. That could backfire badly. (See also: FanLib, especially the "Invitation Letters" section.)
But journalism students, or creative writing majors, who want to start making a name for themselves before they get out of school--they'd have no problem coming up with a dozen or more, with the pitch of "you keep the rights to your content; you post 4x a week and make at least 20 comments a week and you get to add "Intern at a Social Media Company" to your resume." And then have actual interviews and view writing samples to sort out the ones who fit the style of content the company wants to provide.
I expect they'll eventually be more visible, like Imzy was; for most of its early beta run, you couldn't see the content without a login. But I think that was open signup. I don't know what PF is thinking, to go months between rounds of users; it means there's a large swarm of moribund communities from people who joined during the last wave, posted for three days, and wandered off.
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Date: 2018-06-01 03:28 pm (UTC)But journalism students, or creative writing majors, who want to start making a name for themselves before they get out of school--they'd have no problem coming up with a dozen or more, with the pitch of "you keep the rights to your content; you post 4x a week and make at least 20 comments a week and you get to add "Intern at a Social Media Company" to your resume." And then have actual interviews and view writing samples to sort out the ones who fit the style of content the company wants to provide.
I expect they'll eventually be more visible, like Imzy was; for most of its early beta run, you couldn't see the content without a login. But I think that was open signup. I don't know what PF is thinking, to go months between rounds of users; it means there's a large swarm of moribund communities from people who joined during the last wave, posted for three days, and wandered off.