Singapore Pools’ webpage runs out of space !?!
One of the advantages of online over print is it is free from the estate limitation of print.
This mean that if you go the print route, the amount of content you can put in print depends on the size of the paper you are looking to print it on.
The estate on online is almost limitless. If you decide that content is filling page1.html and leaving readers with a bottomless scroll bar, you might want to continue entering content in page2.html.
It seems, however, that the Singapore Pools are removing the opening odds listings from their website because its website was running out of space?
Ehh, how about putting the addition odds in different pages?
It seems like while there are Web2.0 tools out there to facilitate the display of endless content, it seem like we are still living in a Web0.01 world.
Wrote Gary Lim for The New Paper,
As for the removalof the opening odds listings from their websites, he (Singapore Pools spokesperson) said: “when we first started out, there were on S-League matches and space wasn’t at a premium.
“But as we began to offer more matches, we realised that we were running out of space on the webpage.
“To include the opening odds meant that we had to double the amount of content.”
Ironically, did the Singapore Pools spokesperson indirectly highlight that S-League betting isn’t bringing in Singapore Pools the money so, therefore, their opening odds isn’t considered premium content?
… and the biggest media slut of them yet is…
… Sabrina Ong of the Princessa blog.
Two and a half pages of coverage on MyPaper.
Wonder if any bloggers can beat that!
Check out http://mypaper.com.sg/ for the story.
The Singapore Daily moves!
A bit slow on this, but one Singapore’s popular blog aggregation site has moved.
Update your bookmarks!
Who said being a media slut is bad?
There has been couple of questions who the(new)mediaslut is, but it seems that bloggers are the new media sluts.
The irony is that while blogs have been positioned as bastion of the alternative to traditional mainstream media, it seem when they appear on mainstream media, they announced to the world that they have been covered.
What really is a media slut?
From the Urban Dictionary,
Similar to a media whore, except desperate enough to seek attention even when there’s no chance of monetary gain. (At least a whore gets paid.)
What are some of the examples of media slutting?
Here’s one. Here’s another. Another can be found here.
At the recent HTC event, it was said that because of the large cameras at the press conference, most of the bloggers present were posing whenever the opportunity offered itself.
Those from the traditional mainstream media acted as they always have and stayed behind the cameras.
Desperate may generate a bad inclination to the meaning of the word, but media slutting isn’t that bad, really.
Bloggers are in the business of content generation and hell comes to content creators when there are no readers.
The attention they get on mainstream media is good for readership. One journalist said it actually helps to legitimize their blogging activities.
In fact, these bloggers show that if you blog, you stand a high chance of appearing in the mass media.
Corporate pay PR agencies lots of money to appear in the mass media, maybe these corporates should also start blogging?
Breaking news - Twitter style
If citizen journalism is killing tradition media, Twitter should be the breaking news backstabber.
Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, took to the stand in the country’s court today to to be cross-examined by opposition leaders from the Singapore Democratic Party today.
It was reported that the Prime Minister stood to the stand to clear his name.
Interestingly, somebody from SDP, named yourSDP, is breaking the news of the going on in the court via Twitter.
Is this news or is this news?
