“Greatest misconception about Wikipedia: We aren’t democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we’re actually quite snobby. The core community appreciates when someone is knowledgeable, and thinks some people are idiots and shouldn’t be writing.” PeopleThinkingWritingCommunityReaderAppreciateDemocraticCoreIdiotEditsEntryMisconceptionKnowledgeableSnobby Author:Jimmy Wales
“One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam] was sincerity to the core. He believed in what he wrote, and that conviction conveyed itself to readers.” TheoryReaderBuiltConvictionCorePetSincerityInsincerity Author:Jonathan Yardley
“Print works! It works as a business proposition - our print readers [of the Mother Jones] not only provide revenue in the form of subs and ads, but they are a core part of our donor community; 10 percent give us a donation on top of their subscription; that's about the same rate as NPR gets from its listeners.” GivingFormMotherCommunityReaderPercentRateCoreWorking ItPrintAdsListenersPropositionsRevenueDonationDonorsSubscriptionNpr Author:Clara Jeffery
“At the very core of what a comic is, time and space are kind of the same thing. When your reader moves her eyes across the page, she should be moving through time in your story.” ShouldKindStoriesEyeMovingSpaceReaderPagesCoreComicHer EyesTime And SpaceRough Times Author:Gene Luen Yang