As a writer, I find the idea fascinating, but I just have to ask how are the members
making money?
--- George Free <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>The art may not be that good, but the community web tech is cool, I think.
>
>http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/9/19/2458/13427
>
>collective art (Media)
> Posted by luap on Tue Sep 19th, 2000 at 09:27:27 AM EST
>
>
>
> I've begun an experiment in my free time. I want to see if I can create an online
>artistic community with
> people posting their own works as well as commenting on others, sort of a method
>for writers/poets to get
> their word out and maybe even make money bypassing the publisher. Can it be done?
>Will the produced
> fiction/art be more/less real?
>
> I haven't really seen the 'slashdot' for literature out there yet. Instead
>of using one of the OS solutions out there for community type sites, I've
>decided to program my own (php4 w/MySQL backend.)
>
> I'll be honest with you, though, in that I'm an English/Journalism major, a poet
>at heart. I've been
> fascinated with the web since '95 or so, recently delving into scripting with
>PERL and php. (Creating art,
> but in another language, that of the computer.)
>
> So... I guess I'm just looking for feedback on the concept and execution of open
>source literature.
> Thoughts/Suggestions/Comments appreciated...
==
"When the last human has died, trees shall cover the earth."
"Man is the dream of the dolphin."
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