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Chaos Theory: Global Blog Network Politics & Scaling

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format panel
Organizer Sean Bonner Metblogs
Description In the five years we've been running Metblogs we've made more than our fair share of mistakes and walked headfirst into crazy problems. We'll share some of those including managing a massive publishing platform with no staff, international politics, raising money, and more. What we've learned, and what we'd do differently.
Questions
Answered
  1. How did Metblogs start?
  2. How did we pick the best CMS?
  3. What were and are some of the major technical scaling issues we run into?
  4. What happens when a blogger violates a law of a different country?
  5. When to adapt, and when to stick to your guns?
  6. Why don't you raise money and go huge with this?
  7. Which is more important, making money or doing what you think is right?
  8. How do you manage hundreds of volunteer contributors all around the world?
  9. What did we learn that we never expected to?
  10. What would we do differently if we could do it all over again?
Level Beginner
Category Advertising / Marketing