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Why Subscribe? The Breadth and Depth of Ricochet
From time to time, Ricochet members capture the incredible breadth of posts on a given day. This is far more than a center-right political discussion and rant site. I wonder if we might roll up a sort of topical author list. Here is my very imperfect and incomplete start. If you would, please share your own go-to post series or exceptional stand-alone entries.
From Gary McVey’s serial history of television in America, to the very long-running, always informative Hank Rhody series that started with “How to Build a Computer, Part 1 of N: Silicon,” to SeaWriter’s weekly book reviews, to SkipSul’s ongoing series on Orthodox iconography, this is an amazing-value web publication.
That does not even touch the poetry (often by Arahant) and food and photography posts, some singular and some occasional. “She” provides both recipes and fine stories in her “Friday food and drink posts.” You won’t find articles in any other publication as good as LC’s occasional posts on Khmer history and culture. I would not have pulled my DSLR camera out of storage and done several original reporting stories, were it not for RightAngles responding to a monthly theme prompt with an amazing, informative, illustrated article on the state of the stock photography business.
Published in General
That’s one problem with drawing up lists of names, especially long ones. You inevitably leave someone out, and they start to think, “What am I, chopped liver?”
Is someone feeling left out? Should I mention @stad and his sense of humor? Or his sex-filled pot-boilers he writes under a pseudonym?
Actually I’ve thought about @rodin who has been writing more often with succinct posts that get to the heart of the matter!
At preshift the other day, the charge said “Hello all you beautiful people!”
I replied “Hey! I’m here, too!”
Even a few marriages.
I got @rodin in mine! But I see Stad’s point.
Well, he’s worth mentioning twice, @samuelblock! ;-)
Ha! I promise I wasn’t fishing.
In truth, I don’t really post enough here to merit a mention. I’m more of a hitchhiking member. Just happy to be along for the ride.
Darn, my wife always closes her eyes!
I don’t think people always realize that thoughtful commenters are just as important as OPs! That means you!
Once again, you have read my mind. I was trying to figure out how to retrieve R Angles wonderful and fun dissertation on stock photography.
And two hours later, you brought us the link!
There are many topical posts that are bound to a moment in time. Then there are evergreen posts. @rightangles stock photography post is evergreen, at least until technology and the business change again.
A dear friend of mine was a middle school principal. I had to give a speech one day, and he said, “Just remember, it’s better to remember no one than to forget someone.” :-)
What never ceases to amaze me on the Member Feed is the breadth of occupations and professions our members hail from. Ricochet has attracted a truly diverse group of people in terms of experience and knowledge. It is unique among Internet forums in the quality of its discussions because of that breadth of well-informed perspectives.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have some of my posts picked up by Powerline, Instapundit, and various other websites around the internet. I read the comments on the other sites, and I’m struck by the difference. There are insightful comments on every site, but they tend to be overwhelmed by a huge majority of uninformed mean-spirited flames by people who sound like they didn’t even read my article, much less think about it, and try to consider my point of view.
It is rare for an unpleasant argument to break out on Ricochet. It happens, but in general, we all seem to be eager to learn from one another. The civility here allows for a more free exchange of ideas.
Speaking for myself, I have occasionally (and usually unintentionally) offended people here, and I immediately apologize and try to refocus our debate.
That does not happen on other sites. It can be brutal out there.
I like it here.
Awww, that’s what I’m talkin about! :)
Thank you for your reminder of one of the reasons you like it here. Me too!
@roblong, you should use this post for your member pitch tomorrow.