This is a pretty great story. A worker in Iowa was checking Reddit and saw that someone posted a question,
Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU [Marine Expeditionary Unit]?
He immediately posted a response and began it with a narrative of what that actual experience must be like. His response got such a positive response that he wrote another, and then another. The story he concocted was so awesome that he got signed by an agent and got a deal to turn it all into a Hollywood film.
It’s a great story and even more interesting because it shows how modern-day publishing is changing. I think Reddit and Digg are much more similar to future newspapers than the Washington Post or New York Times. If we’re getting all our information on the internet, it makes sense for it to be an interactive medium we’re reading. It also proves that “the masses” (i.e. some guy in Iowa) is just as capable of generating quality content as a journalist.
