Server Newspaper

The Server Newspaper turns a week of activity into a front page worth reading. Every week exceed reads back over your server — the big conversations, new members, standout messages, milestones, drama, and running jokes — and writes them up as a short, editorial recap with headlines and sections, then posts it to a channel of your choice.

It's a way to give a busy community a shared sense of what happened, and to give quiet members a reason to catch up and jump back in.

Commands

,newspaper on|off                enable or disable the weekly edition
,newspaper channel <#channel>    where each edition is posted
,newspaper now                   generate this week's edition on demand

,newspaper now is handy for a first look at what an edition reads like before you commit to the weekly schedule, or for firing off a special edition after a big event.

Setup

Point channel at somewhere everyone can see — a general or announcements channel works well. The newspaper reads from public channels only; anything private or staff-only stays out of the paper. The first full edition needs about a week of history to draw from, so give it time to gather material.