The Death of Media
Civil Anarchy
Understanding how the Media Module was killed is easy. Understanding why is another story entirely. After the latest admin ‘Improvement’, the fledgling activity of the Media Module melted away. For the first time in my eLife, an article with less than 10 votes can get on the same page as one with thousands. And yet, in light of this revolutionary movement that has not existed for ages, people simply will not take the opportunity to write and take advantage. The benefits of having a media presence are obvious. The greatest politicians of our country have media presence, from Emerick, to Croy, to Teucer. A proper stance within the media is absolutely integral to political and mass populous appeal. New Players, like Alexander Valkor or Chutley, have risen in the ranks of eRepublik simply by publishing quality material. Even Harlot, whose not truly know for his words, was the owner of three Media Mogul Medals.
Our current state of affairs poses the question, in an area of almost limitless possibility, why has the Media Module been whittled down to the extent that there are almost no frequent writers, and even less sporadic ones?
As the Secretary of Media for the United States of America, it is my duty to help disseminate information to the public. Yet, I cannot sit idly when an integral facet of this game decays and becomes pathetically small in the shadow of the great Collosi of DesertFalcon, Lieutenant Scheisskopf, Gulden Draak, and Flufferton.
Before any action is taken to remedy the problem of stagnation, we must first ascertain what truly ails the module itself, and whether it is a tall possibly to remedy such a detriment. First and foremost, we must acknowledge the problems created by the admins, for ignoring them is simply delusion. The most prominent problem noticed by the active community is that of the changes regarding Subscribers. Active players complain that the way the new subscriber function is displayed discourages them to actually check it. Personally, I check the sub module regularly, for it’s truly the only means to find my friends papers in light of the new divisions. Perhaps the problem of subscribers lies not in the presentation of the function, but in the reality that for most of the active community, they are not subscribed to the most entertaining, or highest quality writing. The manner by which we could address this can extend to four possibly, and non-mutually exclusive courses of action.
1. Highlight American Writers using the Department of Media.
2. List interesting international papers to garner interest in the subscriber module.
3. Employ more writers within the US Government
4. Media Module Projects
We could do one of these. We could do all of these. Each option could potentially increase activity. Highlighting American Writers would increase incentive for writing quality material. Fathering lists of International writes would increase interest in subscribing, as well as possibly increase relations with other countries, maybe even make a few friends while we’re at it. Employing more writers for a national paper, or individual department papers, is a strategy based upon those employed by various parties in the United States, and has some success in the Socialist Freedom Party and United States Workers Party. Over the course of the month, I hope to be able to employ each of these in one way or another. Finally, a lot of writers are averse to beginning the long trek to a Media Mogul Medal because of the simple work load that would come along with it. Media Moguls in this country each write dozens of articles, and work quite diligently to achieve the status. However, even more writers become disenfranchised by the extreme difficulty, and may even give up writing altogether. If the United States had a Media Mogul program, not meant to raise gold, but to assist writers who put out quality material, less people would give up, and more would pursue the goal.
If you’d like to get involved in any of these projects, shoot me a PM. Any help would be utilized effectively. In addition to help, I need your opinions. What do you believe is wrong with the Media Module? If I’m entirely off track with these ideas, say so. If you think the problems are unsolvable, post it in the comments. However, if you think you know how to solve these problems, constructive opinions are also welcome.
Let’s not just sit back while one of the most important module’s of this game decays in front of our eyes.
Civil Anarchy
Just a Crazy Radical
Comments
As the Secretarry ???? Heh...
That picture was amazing.
@Chance
This is the last time I write out an article prior to typing it 😃 SO MANY TYPOS
admin killed the media module for me when they removed the ability to publish in other countries. maybe ill write an article sometime though, just to test the waters
For me, the media module was killed, when I could no longer look at the lower half of my screen and see either the Top 5 articles or simply click on an adjacent tab and see the latest articles. Now the only articles I tend to read are those that are "shouted". The expression "out of sight, out of mind" has become all too true in this case.
First of all, great article and thanks for the shout out.
Second, I do think the new media module is a major problem. I started writing right before the change and the addition of shouts. I had no subscribers and very few e-rep friends so I relied entirely on people seeing my articles via the recent articles tab. This was effective because 1) there were only three choices (and who the hell was checking international articles), 2) you could switch between them without reloading the page, and 3) it generally took a full hour for your article to be pushed out of the recent list. Now, anecdotally, I only really see articles via shouts and I imagine that's how the bulk of my readers find mine. Long story short, only friends see friends' articles unless they're linked there by other friends.
What's missing is the discovery of articles by chance and the thrill that comes with getting that new subscription from someone with whom you had absolutely no contact before. Sudden growth is so difficult now and I'm definitely feeling somewhat stagnated myself recently (although I suppose that could be my own fault).
Long story short - you're right. We need a community effort to help encourage new writers to publish interesting and unique content. Support them with subs, comments, and links in your own articles. Shout them when they're interesting. Friend the writer. I mean, if a great article is written, but no one is there to read it....
Damnit - I'm not supposed to be this serious. Well, let me not tarnish my own reputation and end thusly: poop.
The Media module died the day I laid 16 Shells into moth balls.
And oh by the way, a good start would probably be to sub my paper
V & S, of course!
I haven't been active enough to meet new people and really get to know them. This would allow me to make articles of a more populous atmosphere thus, more enjoyable to the readers while being informative. In due time. By they way, I am your father.
Well said Civ. For me it was the demise of the Recent Articles that killed the joy of discovering new writers and interesting articles.
i didnt read but i agree
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To be honest, I don't know why I sign in anymore.
^This.
Just so you all know, eRepublik Advanced 4.0 (scripting changes created by another player, NOT Plato) brings back Top Voted, Latest, and International articles.
Advanced is quite lovely, shout out to the developer. Makes the media module suck less.
He is correct we are in great need of media
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admins greed has destroyed this game like so many others.only one module brings hard currency to them and they advance on it only.I cant belive you didnt get it yet ,your job is to login ,pay real $, fightfightfight, logout. wham-bam-thank-u-ma^am. everything else you spend your time on here-the less time youre fighting...Social module is destroyed there hasnt been an article that could move the masses for a while and if not for external forums it would be 100% bust compare this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7rSO3GUPQ&feature=related to an Opera 🙁, economic mod. is gettin worse n worse with every new version, political mod. is also dead only for hardcore and inertia-voters, media mod. destroyed ,the few articles it has are,guess what -warfare analysis ...it has come so far players are sayin that all other modules serve the military one and they are correct.
Why even play eRepublik? And if you don't know the difference between "ails" and "ales", you may have had too much to drink. Not a bad article though.
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