互联网用户是分层的,致力于精英人群的时政新闻可能在小圈子叫好,但大众网民并不买账:精英认为俗得掉渣不是新闻的新闻,在大众网民看来则喜闻乐见。我之前议论澎湃新闻的专栏刊出后,引起很大反响,有《东方早报》和澎湃新闻的同仁表示,有争论是好事,众口一词说明产品没活力。我对澎湃新闻同仁的气度很钦佩,这些争论对澎湃新闻的未来有益无害。在我看来,澎湃新闻能够开纸媒之先河,投入巨资和人力来做一项前无古人的互联网新媒体产品,本身就是非常有勇气和魄力的表现。互联网做产品,讲究的就是先做 Internet users are stratified. The current affairs press devoted to the elite crowd may be applauded in a small circle. However, the public netizens do not buy it: the elites think triviality is not the news of the news, but they are loved by the masses of Internet users. My previous column on surging news was very much aroused great repercussions. Some colleagues in the Oriental Morning Post and surging news said that the controversy was a good thing and the word “mouthful of mouth” meant that the product was not viable. I am very much admired by the surging news colleagues, and these arguments are good for the future of surging news. In my opinion, surging news can open the door to paper media. Investing huge sums of money and manpower in making an unprecedented new Internet media product is a manifestation of courage and courage in itself. Internet products, pay attention to is to do first