Techdirt Podcast Episode 14: Do You Need A Proprietary Platform To Be A Serious Media Company Today?

from the content-(management)-is-king dept

Tue, Mar 3rd 2015 12:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Techdirt has long operated on a homegrown content management system, but while we've been considering a switch to something open like Wordpress, many other media companies have been building their own proprietary platforms. What are the pros and cons of each approach, and are proprietary platforms necessary to be a "serious" media company in today's landscape?

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Anonymous Coward, 3 Mar 2015 @ 2:35pm

Please leave Techdirt the way it is. Some of us can't use Disqus or Livefire, and/or hate the thought of having to log in through Facebook or Google.
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- Leigh Beadon (profile), 4 Mar 2015 @ 6:54am
  
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  Don't worry, we don't intend to move our comment system into something third-party like that, nor would we ever require those forms of login (we wouldn't mind offering them as an option for those that want to use them). And we are committed to retaining the ability to comment fully anonymously, partially anonymously, with an account, etc. with no restrictions.
  
  That said, I can't promise we'll "leave Techdirt the way it is" -- there's a lot we'd like to do to grow and improve this site.
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Anonymous Coward, 3 Mar 2015 @ 6:13pm

What's the intro and outro music?
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- Leigh Beadon (profile), 4 Mar 2015 @ 6:55am
  
  Re:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IaC5bsndDI
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