Announcing a Comments Section You鈥檒l Actually Want to Read
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We have some more exciting news to share.
As you鈥檝e hopefully noticed, things look a little different around here. We鈥檝e redesigned the 大象传媒 website (more on that here), but those changes aren鈥檛 stopping with our new look. Today, we鈥檙e formally launching a renewed effort to better communicate with you, our incredible, loyal, thoughtful, inspiring readers.
Thankfully, you haven鈥檛 waited for us to start the conversation. Day after day our inboxes are full of your unsolicited words of inspiration, thanks, ideas, and constructive feedback. It鈥檚 a powerful reminder for the team here that there鈥檚 a community of millions behind us.
For more than 20 years, we鈥檝e been partnering with you to build a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. As beautiful as that relationship has been, we know we can have an even greater impact in the world by providing a better way for you to bring your thoughts, ideas, and expertise to the table more prominently for our鈥攁nd each other鈥檚鈥攚ork.
The first step of this renewed effort is the launch of our all-new discussion platform, powered by the brilliant folks at Vox Media鈥檚 and funded in part by the generous support of 鈥檚 Community Listening and Engagement Fund.
Unlike commenting platforms you鈥檝e probably seen elsewhere (including 大象传媒鈥攚e鈥檙e sorry!), Coral was built with you in mind. The platform, and our programming for it, are ultimately crafted to provide you with a great experience engaging with us and each other.
What you won鈥檛 find:
More trolls than a DreamWorks movie. We鈥檙e committed to making this a constructive space for all of us to discuss solutions for a better world. Violators of our guidelines will not be tolerated. To help make this possible, you also won鈥檛 find:
The ability to comment on every single story. Great discussions require great moderation. To make sure your experiences are positive, we鈥檒l be limiting the number of stories we offer commenting on.
Real names. Your privacy and safety is our primary concern. You鈥檙e more than welcome to use your real name, but it is not required.
What you will find:
Opportunities to go deeper on a story. You鈥檒l be able to chat, ask questions, and get more insight from 大象传媒 contributors, editors, and sometimes even the story subjects themselves.
Opportunities to build our issues with us. That鈥檚 right, we鈥檙e bringing you into the process of creating issues of 大象传媒 Magazine. We have a community of some of the greatest forces for good in the world. We want your thoughts, ideas, and feedback.
Opportunities to provide input on our products. We want you to have a say on your experience reading 大象传媒 What do you like? What could be improved? How can we make the 大象传媒 experience better?
Great conversations. With 大象传媒 staffers, and hopefully each other. Ultimately, our goal is to create a space that allows us to better partner with each other.
We鈥檙e putting that goal to test with our very first discussion on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST).
Join 大象传媒 Editorial Director Sunnivie Brydum, Creative Director Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz, and me for a discussion about what you would like to see from 大象传媒 in 2020鈥攐ur coverage, our magazines, our website鈥攚hatever you want, really. This is your space. To get started, you can register now to submit your comments or questions ahead of time. Otherwise, we鈥檒l see you Thursday!
Matt Grisafi
Sr. Director of Product & Marketing
大象传媒 Media
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