{"id":595,"date":"2008-04-17T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T21:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nerdflood.wordpress.com\/?p=595"},"modified":"2008-04-17T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T21:32:18","slug":"des-moines-register-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielpayne.com\/blog\/des-moines-register-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Des Moines Register is checking out the future (or at the very least, the very recent past)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been hooking up with lots of local Twitter-ers lately (pretty much all of them can be found here<\/a>), one of which was the Twitter account for the Des Moines Register<\/a>. I unfollowed this account when, after just an hour or so, it became apparent that it is nothing more than an automated bot distributing top stories to the account. I found the concept a boring and trite use of the technology.<\/p>\n

I found out yesterday that there’s an actual person behind the account<\/a>, and he’s there tirelessly attempting to push the Des Moines Register into some semblance of the future of web-based social systems. I was shocked<\/a> to learn the truth. But that’s not all.<\/p>\n

Today I learned that the Des Moines Register has a page on their site<\/a> with a Twitter widget that shows all of the tweets of its followers. I just had to capture a screenshot (below) of me admitting that the Register is definitely cooler than I had originally considered.<\/p>\n

A newspaper. Trying to redefine itself by introducing its readers – and, truly, itself – to the social pipeline. Twittering, digging, Facebooking, etc. – they are all nothing more than channels for messages, and its great to see a member of “old media” get the “new media” and comprehend its value.<\/p>\n

So, good for you, Des Moines Register! Keep stumbling into the future\/very recent past, and we’ll keep stumbling alongside you.<\/p>\n

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