I am open to concrete suggestions on how to handle this going forward to minimize the downside. As Rana points out, these posts are historically written for DWATV and then cross-posted, and not intended to conform to frontpage norms, nor can they conform to all such norms given their topics even if I wanted to do so.
My personal ideal outcome is for something like “once every month or two, you write a covid post that’s specifically aiming to meet frontpage norms, while also serving as something of a summary of most of the practical takeaways.” (I think it’s achievable to touch upon various political topics without feeling overtly ‘not frontpagey’. Admittedly your usual writing style doesn’t super lend itself to that, I don’t know how costly it is to write one or two posts that discuss the relevant political stuff in a more detached style. Obviously you’re doing all these for free and don’t think this is something you’re obligated to do, it’d just be convenient.)
I am open to concrete suggestions on how to handle this going forward to minimize the downside. As Rana points out, these posts are historically written for DWATV and then cross-posted, and not intended to conform to frontpage norms, nor can they conform to all such norms given their topics even if I wanted to do so.
My personal ideal outcome is for something like “once every month or two, you write a covid post that’s specifically aiming to meet frontpage norms, while also serving as something of a summary of most of the practical takeaways.” (I think it’s achievable to touch upon various political topics without feeling overtly ‘not frontpagey’. Admittedly your usual writing style doesn’t super lend itself to that, I don’t know how costly it is to write one or two posts that discuss the relevant political stuff in a more detached style. Obviously you’re doing all these for free and don’t think this is something you’re obligated to do, it’d just be convenient.)