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Community Call Out -- Taking the Plunge: Your First Bitmob Article
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Editor's note: Chase's call-out idea is awesome. That's all you really need to know from me. Check it out! -James


What brings you to Bitmob? No, really...I want to know. What made you write your first post?

I hypothesize three possible situations (though I’m sure the community will enlighten me to others):

  1. You made the transition from another site to Bitmob. I think this fits the majority of our community. A lot of you came over from 1UP. Some of you (cough, Cody Winn, cough) still write on your old blogs, too.
  2. You had something to say. This is where I put myself -- more on that later. Maybe you frequented Bitmob as a news site, but you didn’t have the drive to contribute until you got this one great idea that you wanted to share with the world.
  3. Both.

So here’s the deal: Tell the community about your first Bitmob article. Why did you write it? How was the response? How have you grown as a writer since?

Post your responses with the tag Taking the Plunge, or if you'd rather share a shorter, quicker story, post it in the comments.

You can find my example on the next page.

 
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Comments (4)
Twit
June 08, 2010


I didn't really frequent 1UP as much as I'd like to actually. I did hear about bitmob after hearing about it from Dan's departure, and I sometimes checked back on the domain name to see if it was up yet.



Nope, while I'd like to take you up on the callout later, I actually come to bitmob as a place where I can creatively practice my writing and expand my 'portfolio' of work, because I was hoping what I write here can get my foot in the door for a job someplace, even if it meant getting a door slammed on my foot.



Yeah, life after graduation feels intimidating.


Brett_new_profile
June 09, 2010


This is an absolutely fantastic idea, Chase. I'll contribute to this, for sure -- I see Andrew Hiscock already did!


2010-07-09_12
June 10, 2010


I was one of the migrations over from 1up, but since then I've begun contributing to a lot of different places. Because of my strained schedule between my full-time job and writing, I usually only contribute to the community shout-outs like the FAQ article and my latest Mario piece.



Personally, I really dig Bitmob because I genuinely look forward to those community articles. :)


Headshot
June 10, 2010


I love this idea and will be contributing shortly...although I've only done one article and about to hit the publish button on my second.


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