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Newspaper • Write article • Article • Press director • Subscriptions |
Articles are accessible by clicking the headline wherever you can find it.
Article header
At the top of the page, readers and owners can see:
- Subscribe to newspaper – click to subscribe to the newspaper. If the user has already subscribed, it will say "unsubscribe". The number on the left indicates the number of subscribers. You will encounter a reCAPTCHA for every fifth newspaper you subscribe.
- Title – the article title.
- Article information – publishing date and country, category and number of comments.
- Number of votes – click the "Vote" button to vote. Each citizen can vote once, with no option to cancel the vote.
For the owner
Owners have some additional features. On the left, owners can see the following buttons:
Note: articles can only be modified or deleted within 30 days of being published. |
Endorsement
Readers may choose to support the effort of writing an article by endorsing it. The endorsement is a sum of money that a reader donates to the author of an article directly from the article page. Citizens are given the chance to donate 100, 50 or 5 currency. A list of endorsers is shown at the bottom of the article before the footer. Endorsements are coloured in purple, blue or green, depending on their donation (purple is 100 currency, blue is 50 currency and green is 5 currency).
Plato might endorse an article as well, with 50, 25 or 10 gold. If he does, his name will be displayed with a yellow background and he will be listed first. You can nominate article (either yours or another author's) for gold endorsement by Plato on the forum.
Note: articles can only be endorsed within 7 days of being published.
After the header, readers will see the main body of the article. Below it is the footer, that shows:
- Report abuse link – click the link to report the article for breaking one of the rules.
- Navigation buttons – click the arrows to read the previous or next article in the newspaper.
Comments
Every article allows readers to post comments. The comments list shows the avatar, username, date, votes and message. The comment poster will also have a possibility to delete his/her comment (only available within 30 days of comment being posted). You can use "Report" link to report inappropriate comments. Since day 1,911 readers can reply to or vote other readers' comments.
At the very bottom of the page, the reader can leave his or her own comment. Remember to read the rules before commenting.
- Pager – comments have been divided into pages. There are 50 comment per page, sorted by posting time (descending). Clicking "load more comments" will display up to 50 additional comments.
- Your comment – enter your comment in the field and then click the "Post a comment" button.
- The maximum amount of characters that can be used in a comment is 5000.
- The maximum amount of characters that can be used in a comment is 5000.