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What if the media model was flipped up side down where the author was the student and the reader the teacher? |
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Iteration is a major factor for the Do Good Gauge. An argument is forever changing. Coaching and public measurement provides the motivation for an author to change direction or clarify his or her point of view. Random attempts to get people to review the Do Good Gauge is nearly always met with resistance. The idea is not mainstream, there is too much to absorb, and the current website lacks resemblance to the end product. The addition of the 5 point article gauge provides a minuscule sample of the end product, but not enough to sustain interest. An idea to stimulate more interaction may be within reach. Key to this idea is coaching. A reader is allowed to vote on an article as much as they wish, though the last vote is the only one which counts toward the score. Prior votes are maintained as a measure for the author to determine the progress of the article. Along with the five point gauge an attribute could be provided to the reader to volunteer to coach the author and/or the article. As a coach the reader will be emailed a message when the author publishes a new revision to article. This email would trigger the reader to re-examine the article, provide private comments, and to re-score the value of the argument. <-- *Phil "Zen Master" Jackson |
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This coaching mechanism provides a limit for the number of articles a reader is responsible for. The Do Good Gauge as a whole is understood to be overwhelming. There are aspects of the idea which relate to psychology, philosophy, political science, journalism, mass communication, computer science, cognitive science, theology, and many other un-thought of areas of study. A given individual is not expected to have an interest in all of these ideas. One hundred or more participants would likely provide coverage of the expertise necessary to improve the quality of the Do Good Gauge argument in a manner worthy of higher visibility. The energy of the millions of individual who attentively read op-ed political articles with disdain and mistrust could be channeled in a more productive manner. |
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By Scott Nesler
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