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So I read the Newspack announcement and I read the Nieman Lab article and I'm still pretty unclear on what exactly this toolkit is going to do. It sounds like backups, forms, a paywall, and SEO? Perhaps also they run your set up your initial ad tech? niemanlab.org/2019/01/heightening-the-cms-race-wordpress-com-and-news-revenue-hub-devise-a-toolkit-for-local-newsrooms/On twitter.com
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I like WordPress and collaboration and open-source, but hard to know how to feel about all this when it is all so vague. Doesn't give a great feeling. Also not super thrilled to see ConsenSys in the mix b/c that suggests blockchain will be involved.Permalink On twitter.com
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On one hand, the idea that this could basically just be Jetpack for Newsrooms could be good and bad. Jetpack has some... well... issues. But removing the first stage of "what is a meta tag or site map" plugin decision making would prob help a lot of small publications.Permalink On twitter.com
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But the idea of a Jetpack that also is opinionated about commenting systems, ad tech systems AND paywall systems is sort of frightening considering WordPress's share of the CMS space.Permalink On twitter.com
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Especially considering there are whole businesses built on providing premium plugins for this, like Yoast, that would suddenly find themselves competing with in a real way with Automattic. Though this is reaching far into speculation land.Permalink On twitter.com
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A more opinionated set of publisher CMSes are most likely for the best, especially when built on collaboration, but I'm a little worried about *WordPress dot com* doing it for reasons relating to how the WordPress project exists, is developed, and used.Permalink On twitter.com
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