You can now freely use our column submission interface!
The most important thing to know is when you are done and ready to submit, change the status to "Ready for Publishing" from "Draft" and click the submit button at the bottom to flag an editor.
As I mentioned, our system is custom and still under construction so it's a bit quirky, here's a rundown of how each element works
Post Title - This is the name of the article
URL - Do not mess with this, it auto-populates based on the post title
Author - Unless you run a blog, this will always be your name, or the name of the primary author if you are editing a piece.
Post Status
Three possible states -Draft - Work in progress - This is the default status and allows you to edit as long as you want.
- Ready for Publication - Locks you from further changes, flags an editor - The editor can throw it back into draft, and soon you'll be able to request it go back to draft.
- Published - If the Publish Date/Time has already passed, that means it is live on the front page. If the publish date/time has not yet occurred
Featured - This is a checkbox you might not be able to see, it means your Featured Image is used instead which takes up 2 boxes worth of space on the front page. This is rarely used and is really just the start of our user curation system.
Publish Date/Time The date/time it will show as published. Can be forward-dated or back dated. Please set your time as you see fit, eventually there will be a "Slot" availability system that shows you where the publication vacancies are but that's a bit out :)
Featured Image (600x372) - Used if your article is featured. NOT REQUIRED
Cover Image (400x400) - Used if your article is published, REQUIRED FOR ALL POSTS
Excerpt - This is the first text box - it is NOT USED IN OUR CURRENT DESIGN - people often mistake this for where they should put their article, and it's wrong.
Content - This is the second text box, it is where you should compose and format your article
Categories - Pick one or two, tags are coming later.
Bitcoin Tipping Address - If you already have one in your profile this will autopopulate.
Soundcloud Track ID - If you have an audio report or podcast, you put in the "Track ID" which is a number you get from looking at the soundcloud embed code (click the share button on the desired track, then embed) - It will look something like 150028193, paste that into the Soundcloud Track ID field.
Audio URL (overrides soundcloud url) - If you do not use Soundcloud
Audio Byte Length (leave this - it autopopulates if you do not use soundcloud)
We've opened up the write interface (it is temporary, we're upgrading to a collaborative editor). If you'd like to submit a piece, here's the criteria we pay attention to when considering something for the front page.
A good piece will be a combination of these elements
- Interesting
- Original
- Informative
- Educational
- Playful
- Inspirational
- Important
- Serious
A bad piece won't contain many of the above elements and it might contain things like misleading statements, cheap shots at un-consulted parties (feel free to ask a tough question and then report they told you to buzz off, but don't not ask).
LTB editorial has complete discretion at this point and reserves the right to not publish any work we feel does not fit with the ethos of the platform.
Topics are anything related to crypto, even tangentially. That said, less related pieces will probably be less interesting unless the piece itself is very interesting.
So the tl;dr is "Explore, Examine, Explain" and "Don't be a dick"
As far as topics are concerned, we accept anything from fiction to investigative journalism.
When your piece is published on the front page of Letstalkbitcoin.com, you are "opted in" to
There are no "fixed rates", rather you earn a share based on your contribution of the new Content tokens created the week you publish.
You can see what that looks like here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1riyEFqV-G6uIn84kW3lFzqr2GRGDOPGCExwqt8vNbYE/edit?usp=sharing
