Topix Wants Local Contributors, But Doesn’t Respond to Them
Topix.com has been redesigned and moved from it’s (dot)net domain to (dot)com. They reportedly paid 1 million dollars for that. Along with the redesign was the goal to get more local news contributors. I looked at it as a way to promote FindBuffalo and put better content on their site. Win - win I thought.
I made my way into the Buffalo, MN section (view here) and submitted my recap of the Buffalo Bison boys basketball state championship, submitted a photo and gave them all the info their form asked for … and then ….. nothing. I have not received an email, the story has not been posted … no contact of any sort. Why? I can’t tell you. Surely they would be interested in posting an original story and photo on the biggest things to happen in Buffalo in the last decade … thats what great local news is all about right?
They got me all the way to the end, had me put in the effort to participate, and then left me with nothing. What a bad experience. I’m sending them an email to their info address and we’ll see what happens with that. Stay tuned.