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Haven’t you been trained, perhaps domesticated, by well-meaning teachers and journalists to focus on the reader? Do you? Guess what? They’re right.
At Broo we don’t. We focus on you — the writer. The user. We like writing, though more code than words.
You may wonder, as some recently titled friedeggs.com users have, ” WTF is BrooWaha, anyway? What’s a Broo and are you being derogatory when you call me one?”
According to the Oxford English neither has a meaning. Zero. Nilch. Nada.
However, we live in 2010. Who has an Oxford English dictionary? Oh, believe me, we know who you are.
Our go-to source for a word’s meaning, is right from the “cool” UrbanDictionary and guess what? You guessed right, BrooWahahas been defined. Albeit, the meaning has only received 2 votes so far.
And Broo, my friends, is a term of endearment. Ask anyone on BrooWaha and they’ll tell you.
So what’s the purpose of this email?
You, as a multi-talented writer, may have stayed away from Broo, & for good reason (see guy on right) so we aren’t going to tell you why you should come back either.
Like you though at Broo we can’t stand boring copy that sounds like it went through a corporate penitentiary. Neither can we take articles created from regurgitated flim flam. If you write like that, Broo isn’t for you.
So we’ll cut the *)(&++&*( and focus on **YOU****! That’s, good right? Seth said it is, we swear.
We have two things for you to know about Broo.
1. Broo’s Your Home on the Web. As a creator and writer you have a home to practice and improve your craft. You are always welcome back, provided you don’t fill it with karap and make us review & reject it.
2. You can now make money on Broo — that’s if you don’t consider it to be “selling out.” The choice is yours. Add your adsense code & you get 100% of revenue generated from your articles. Damn straight. Isn’t this is how it should be?
oops, we lied, there are really 3 things for you
3. Author Ranking Points Mean Something New
Author points now mean something other than, “I can attack your article because you have more points than I do. ” Hah! No more or you get grounded. No more tweets, or posts or whatever else you do with your time online.
Starting Friday of next week you’ll be able to exchange your *newly earned points for interesting, fun and cool things — including a limited number of tickets to the BrooBash at SXSW in Austin, TX.
Yeah, there be (we live in the ghetto) the usual stickers all the way up to Monte Blancs, for those of you who still feel the need to fondle a finely crafted pen. (Unless you are daring or into sex with whipped cream, do not look up the def. of a mont blanc on UrbanDictionary. )
*For lawyers, newly earned points mean: Only points earned between today, Friday, August 13th, 2010, at 10 PM EST, and December 31, 2010, will be eligible for exchange.
All other points will be used solely in the Broo rankings. Meaning your ego will grow though you won’t have trips or more stuff to weigh you down. This print isn’t fine and it’s meant to be read the way a normal human being would understand it to mean.
We’re done. That’s it. Finally a painless email. Or so you thought.
If you have any questions, or criticisms, or valuable feedback, check out the new Broo blog athttp://www.broowaha.tumblr.com & let us know what Broo means to you, or doesn’t or visit the Broo Cafe on BrooWaha.
The obligatory link & call to action (or so we are told): do not click the following link or it will take you to BrooWaha : link name Reverse psychology? Perhaps, though in all seriousness, we hope you have fun & enjoy the weekend, keep in touch & don’t drive and drink Broo.
Keeping it all in flow,
Tony & Angie and the rest of YOUR Broo “dream” Team
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