Comments on: Loneliest Job in the World - Selling Subscriptions to the New York Times http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/ Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger --- editor at sfcitizen.com --- SFCitizen, SF Citizen Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: luagha http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-405 luagha Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:18:42 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-405 As it turns out, for the past as-long-as-there-have-been-newspapers the cheap, organic ink that has been used on them has been safe to small animals. So it makes an excellent dual-use substrate - if newspapers go away someone will have to sell newsprint for people to line their animal cages with. I found I didn't need anything near a subscription to keep my snakes in bedding, though. Just the occasional paper or two a month. As it turns out, for the past as-long-as-there-have-been-newspapers the cheap, organic ink that has been used on them has been safe to small animals. So it makes an excellent dual-use substrate - if newspapers go away someone will have to sell newsprint for people to line their animal cages with.

I found I didn’t need anything near a subscription to keep my snakes in bedding, though. Just the occasional paper or two a month.

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I can’t wait until they go out of business.

]]> By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-402 sfcitizen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:58:40 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-402 The problem with getting delivery in S.F. is that lots of times, your paper ends up sitting on a well-trafficked sidewalk, so it's apt to get taken before you get to it. It would be nice to have a physical paper sometimes, but it seems kind of like a responsibilty and a luxury as well. The problem with getting delivery in S.F. is that lots of times, your paper ends up sitting on a well-trafficked sidewalk, so it’s apt to get taken before you get to it.

It would be nice to have a physical paper sometimes, but it seems kind of like a responsibilty and a luxury as well.

]]> By: Kevin http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-400 Kevin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:47:50 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-400 A paper newspaper definitely carries more cost than benefit. How do I dispose of 20 pounds of waste paper every couple of days? I don't live in a place where recycling is convenient or in any way facilitated. A newspaper is nothing but a problem. But even aside from that, I open up my local paper and what do I see but a bunch of AP feeds that I've already read the day before. What's the point of that? A paper newspaper definitely carries more cost than benefit. How do I dispose of 20 pounds of waste paper every couple of days? I don’t live in a place where recycling is convenient or in any way facilitated. A newspaper is nothing but a problem.

But even aside from that, I open up my local paper and what do I see but a bunch of AP feeds that I’ve already read the day before. What’s the point of that?

]]> By: Dr. Kenneth Noisewater http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-399 Dr. Kenneth Noisewater Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:47:27 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-399 Isn't Craigslist still privately-held? Isn't that the whole idea of its minimalist design and whatnot? Is Craig afraid he'll get crazy drunk and in a fit of inebriation sign over his stock to eBay or whoever? Isn’t Craigslist still privately-held? Isn’t that the whole idea of its minimalist design and whatnot? Is Craig afraid he’ll get crazy drunk and in a fit of inebriation sign over his stock to eBay or whoever?

]]> By: dean http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-398 dean Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:45:44 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-398 I generally read things on the web too, but find that the paper exposes me to a wider variety of stories, rather than just what I picked in RSS. Wider variety == more opinions == more out ideas == good. Better to have an open mind and read a wider variety of opinions, rather than just a constant stream of people that think just like me. Unfortunately, the web is not helping us do this... it seems lately that people just read what they agree with, and violently oppose what they don't. That goes for both the red and blues. I generally read things on the web too, but find that the paper exposes me to a wider variety of stories, rather than just what I picked in RSS.

Wider variety == more opinions == more out ideas == good.

Better to have an open mind and read a wider variety of opinions, rather than just a constant stream of people that think just like me.

Unfortunately, the web is not helping us do this… it seems lately that people just read what they agree with, and violently oppose what they don’t. That goes for both the red and blues.

]]> By: Faith+1 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-396 Faith+1 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:36:10 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-396 Your age isn't why you like the paper version. I'm 43 and haven't read a paper version of the news in 7 years. With my RSS news feeds I generally read stories a day or two before my local paper and with keyword alerts and other online abilities even the coupons aren't whether the paper. The news "paper" may never die, but it's going the way of the silent movie. Overcome by technology. Your age isn’t why you like the paper version. I’m 43 and haven’t read a paper version of the news in 7 years. With my RSS news feeds I generally read stories a day or two before my local paper and with keyword alerts and other online abilities even the coupons aren’t whether the paper.

The news “paper” may never die, but it’s going the way of the silent movie. Overcome by technology.

]]> By: ken harris http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-362 ken harris Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:58:43 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/04/21/loneliest-job-in-the-world-selling-subscriptions-to-the-new-york-times/#comment-362 I still prefer the page turning version of the news. Maybe its my age 45. Things must be getting desperate though. The Chronicle at 25c is cheaper than the rags in Australia which sell for a $1. When do they start giving them away? I still prefer the page turning version of the news. Maybe its my age 45. Things must be getting desperate though. The Chronicle at 25c is cheaper than the rags in Australia which sell for a $1. When do they start giving them away?

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