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Submitted to Mixx by ReutersReader, to Reddit by mikkom, and to Digg by Vaselos 8/7/2008

It’s a perfect example of how submitters often matter the most to social media sites.  Here is an interesting story about a new politically charged piece of artwork on display at an amusement park, Coney Island in New York.  With waterboarding being a topic that has received a lot of social media attention over the last several months, this different perspective on the issue taken from an unusual angle would have been a “no-brainer” to hit the front page if the right submitters posted it.

On Reddit, it was an active submitter, and it was very successful.  On other sites, not so much.

Social media failed, not because the submitters did anything wrong, but because the systems are not ready to accept quality submissions from people who aren’t “in”.  Sad.

Original Description:

A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it’s not Guantanamo Bay naval base, but New York’s Coney Island amusement park.

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