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I'm with A Reader and others who express skepticism about this proposal. I mostly come to salon for hard news from a different or more in-depth angle than is offered in mainstream media. In the last little while, there seems to have been less of this in favor of softer pieces. The harder news stories are still there, but the ratio is slipping. The proposal doesn't sound like it provides anything that can't be found in many other venues: livejournal, tabletalk. I'm concerned about financial resources being diverted to this new project and away from the what keeps me in a salon premium subscription. I would MUCH rather see the money go into reporting rather than another community opinion option.