xp Yeah, I was just speculating as far as why these bots are there. The ones I'm finding this week all have exactly the same layout (this one is a good example), with bios written in the same layout: e.g., "Social media junkie ✦ Love travel photography ✦ Actor ✦ Lake lover ✦ Startup Adviser"
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Sunday, 3 January 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
Wow that bot's stolen profile photo taught me something interesting
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/actress-kinda-alloush-i-maintain-support-syrian-revolution
Kinda Alloush! I'm assuming her name is not pronounced "kinda a louche."
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 3 January 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
Recode does actual reporting fwiw
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 3 January 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
Does anybody else feel disappointed at the quality of our daily content geysers?
I despair about it honestly. Like, things have felt locked in the hot-content loop for what seems like a long time now. Just the idea of trying to do something worthwhile on the web feel quaint.
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 3 January 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
it's especially fun when you realize there's no reason for it to ever get any better
― qualx, Sunday, 3 January 2016 23:59 (eight years ago) link
the los angeles Eater site is pretty decent, and it's a lot better since the previous editor left or was fired after her participation on a terrible Bravo show
― nomar, Monday, 4 January 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
Eater does food roundups for each hub airport which are very useful.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 4 January 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
it's the only way i'm really able to keep up with restaurant openings and closings tbh. better as a food site than most others. i guess chowhound might be ok if i felt like reading the forums. thrillist is the chive of food and lifestyle sites.
― nomar, Monday, 4 January 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
thrillist is the chive of food and lifestyle sites.
― nomar, Sunday, January 3, 2016 7:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think i interviewed for a tech job with them once back in the daaaay. i had no idea who they were and when i went home and looked them up i thought "wow this sucks" but also i thought they wouldn't like last the year, and i'm continually shocked they still exist whenever someone mentions them. i guess they "pivoted" a few times from the weird email-newsletter/exclusive coupon deal lifestyle groupon amex black bullshit they were trying to pull back then, but still...
(oh and as a general proposition i think tablet-style windows 10/pinterest forever-mismatched-tile layouts will absolutely _scream_ "lol 2015" a few years down the line as a truly all-time terrible design trend)
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Monday, 4 January 2016 02:01 (eight years ago) link
i've enjoyed the stuff i've read on vox but wasn't aware it was a kinja style media thing with multiple subsites... thought it was just dumbed down politics writing, which i am unconditionally in favour of. the few times that i've seen their front page it was pretty horrendous though
― flopson, Monday, 4 January 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Sunday, January 3, 2016 9:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hope so
― flopson, Monday, 4 January 2016 03:24 (eight years ago) link
Eater coverage is heavily dependent on the strength of the city editors - some are great, some are nearly worthless. But on a national level they've been running some of the strongest food coverage in the country, especially Bill Addison's work and some of the features. A piece on Arabbers went in depth on something nobody else was covering, Choire Sicha's profile of Ina Garten was great, Ryan Sutton's piece on Danny Meyer ending tipping at his restaurants was probably the best of any publication, etc.
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Monday, 4 January 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's the thing. it can inspire heavy nostalgia for when the web was pretty terrible, but at least interesting, and might have developed into even more interesting things
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 4 January 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
i mean i know recode is actual reporting bc a friend of mine works for them & thats what all his articles are ... scoops & quotes & all the shit you want from a newspaper. not rehashed reaggregated shit
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 4 January 2016 04:38 (eight years ago) link
David Roberts is the only guy on Vox I've ever deigned enough attention to actually read
― Professor Goodfeels (kingfish), Monday, 4 January 2016 09:42 (eight years ago) link
"Explainer" journalism always felt like a pretentious wheel reinvention to me, and I find Vox's style both presumptuous and condescending.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 4 January 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Nerdsplaining the news, basically.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 4 January 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
Mehhttp://www.voxmedia.com/a/year-in-review-2015
― El Tomboto, Monday, 4 January 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
But on a national level they've been running some of the strongest food coverage in the country, especially Bill Addison's work and some of the features. A piece on Arabbers went in depth on something nobody else was covering, Choire Sicha's profile of Ina Garten was great, Ryan Sutton's piece on Danny Meyer ending tipping at his restaurants was probably the best of any publication, etc.
otm
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 4 January 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
This today is good reporting from Eater. Simple story, big news for their audience in Chicago, and good context built around the announcement.
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
oh my god the front page on re/code is impossible. I just did a grep for "Mossberg" to find one of his recent pieces and Firefox is like "there's two of those!" but NOWHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM
― service desk hardman (El Tomboto), Friday, 29 January 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
searching on a page via the browser is such a shitshow these days
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 29 January 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
they should just make every page a PDF, it would save bandwidth
― service desk hardman (El Tomboto), Friday, 29 January 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
sad truths in 2016
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 29 January 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
whaaaat
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vox-hires-choire-sicha-to-oversee-partnerships-with-facebook-snapchat-1455714001
― flopson, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
so weird
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
We're living in a content bubble. back to the old blogs soon, blogs that didn't make money, blogs only written by people with day jobs. Unfortunately, in the meantime, the incredibly stupid sounding headline structure adopted by data-driven content farms has infested everything.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/03/18/i-yelled-black-lives-matter-at-a-trump-rally-this-is-what-happened-next/
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 19 March 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/broderick/status/712355010219286528
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
SB Nation now virtually impossible to read on a real computer. "Mobile adaptive" design is now officially "laptop oppressive"
― El Tomboto, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
this fucking newspeak is puke
https://boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/jobs/179360?gh_jid=179360#.VvlQKRIrKAw
People Analystat Vox Media (View all jobs)DC Office
As the People Analyst, you will be responsible for maintaining the data and functionality of Vox Media’s people systems. Ideal candidates for this position will be passionate about using systems and data to drive people decisions and process across the company. This position will report to the Total Rewards Manager and will be based in Washington, D.C.What you’ll do:• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify the metrics needed to assess the impact of people programs on business outcomes.• Lead all HRIS reporting; prepare and analyze various regular and ad/hoc reports (i.e. people dashboard metrics, headcount reports, EEOC reporting etc.)• Develop internal processes and controls to support an analytics-driven organization.• Recommend streamlined people processes through data automation, and collaborate with People, IT, and other departments to execute.• Maintain the data and functionality of Vox Media’s HRIS, Namely, as well as the ATS, Greenhouse, and other People systems as applicable.• Act as the project lead for any People system upgrades or implementations.• Provide data for all internal and external audit requests related to People data. Collaborate with audit lead and other parties to ensure best practices are created and followed• Audit data within People systems to maintain data integrity and ensures that system controls and processes meet all internal and external requirements.• Serve as a liaison with the IT and Finance teams on People systems and technology matters.• Partner with People Ops, Payroll, Finance to pro-actively drive the development and direction of People system initiatives to improve process efficiency, reporting capabilities and data integrity.• Provide support to employees of Vox Media for People systems-related questions.• Perform ad hoc duties as assigned.
What you’ll do:
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify the metrics needed to assess the impact of people programs on business outcomes.• Lead all HRIS reporting; prepare and analyze various regular and ad/hoc reports (i.e. people dashboard metrics, headcount reports, EEOC reporting etc.)• Develop internal processes and controls to support an analytics-driven organization.• Recommend streamlined people processes through data automation, and collaborate with People, IT, and other departments to execute.• Maintain the data and functionality of Vox Media’s HRIS, Namely, as well as the ATS, Greenhouse, and other People systems as applicable.• Act as the project lead for any People system upgrades or implementations.• Provide data for all internal and external audit requests related to People data. Collaborate with audit lead and other parties to ensure best practices are created and followed• Audit data within People systems to maintain data integrity and ensures that system controls and processes meet all internal and external requirements.• Serve as a liaison with the IT and Finance teams on People systems and technology matters.• Partner with People Ops, Payroll, Finance to pro-actively drive the development and direction of People system initiatives to improve process efficiency, reporting capabilities and data integrity.• Provide support to employees of Vox Media for People systems-related questions.• Perform ad hoc duties as assigned.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
idgi... that's indistinguishable from every corporate HR job posting ever?
― flopson, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
is everybody now doing find+replace "HR" for "People" so it comes out sounding vaguely insane?"People Ops" wtf
― El Tomboto, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Sort of surprised that in 2016 Buzzfeed is a name I trust for journalism. Vox, however, remains worthless.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 28 March 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
I really hate the current system of how articles reach us though, it's like all the newspapers have competing cornerboys with competing loudspeakers and our relative choices are determined by which is loudest or most piercing.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 28 March 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
okay so I went back to their job pages to find more new media terribleness et voila
https://boards.greenhouse.io/voxmedia/jobs/195385?gh_jid=195385
Create Your Own Jobat Vox Media (View all jobs)Anywhere...If you’re interested in working at Vox.com, we want to hear from you! If there’s a specific open position you’re interested in, please apply there. But we’d also like to build our bench, so to speak, so when there’s an opening, we have incredible people top-of-mind. And we realize you may have a better idea for our next position, or even our next section, than we do! So if you want to pitch us on a role, please submit:
...If you’re interested in working at Vox.com, we want to hear from you! If there’s a specific open position you’re interested in, please apply there. But we’d also like to build our bench, so to speak, so when there’s an opening, we have incredible people top-of-mind. And we realize you may have a better idea for our next position, or even our next section, than we do! So if you want to pitch us on a role, please submit:
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:55 (eight years ago) link
it's all around you
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
what's wrong with that
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
it's kind of a half-assed wavering between the corporate "put your resume in the system in case something pops up" with some "if you can dream it, maybe you can make it!" icing put on top
let's get real, they're not going to hire a rando to write a column based on a pitch. if you're pitching a cool new idea, it's to a person, not to an inbox
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
and by inbox I don't mean an email inbox, I mean an online resume management system
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
I hate this idea of "it's up to you to define the parameters!" Like, no. You're an employer. It's one of your most basic duties to define the job you want to pay for. You're just giving job seekers more unpaid work to do coming up with the job itself.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
employers are pretty bad at defining jobs imo
― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Often, sure, but is making job seekers do it really "better"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
i'm sure anyone who gets a 'create your own job' job will not mourn the unpaid hours they spent inventing it
― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
think the point is that most who put in the time "apply" will not get the job
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
to apply*
exactly. like, great for the one guy who gets the Oxford Comma Officer position or whatever, a ridiculous waste of time for everyone else, even moreso than regular job hunting
tbh though I also just really hate Vox which is making this seem extra annoying
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
feel like this ask is kinda "can we get somebody with a cool new idea we don't have to pay extra for and especially who we don't have to pay for the time s/he puts into developing it"
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMcuRl_shGE
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:15 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so?
― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
so, there's no idea protection there! you could send vox a pitch through this form, they could think "hmm, that's a great idea" and do the whole thing without hiring you
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
Sure, you can make an app for that — but no one wants to pay for it.
the ones in this format always make me think of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6cBf133rA
― soref, Thursday, 29 December 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
New York's Penn Station has been called "the worst place in the world" and that's probably an understatement. Time for an update.
^^^this is the most egregious one on a few different levels imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 December 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Time for an update.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Friday, 30 December 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
you'd never heard of the show kilroy -- but it is amazing *cupping gesture*
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 December 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
The Verge started as a mid/long form article site and they keep trickling other types of content into the mix, but I've seen a few like this lately that make me wonder what they're up to: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/13/14268906/chainsmokers-new-song-paris
It's like a mix of the "youth listens to old album and article revels in naivety about context" articles done elsewhere and the sarcastic back-and-forth that's sometimes funny but their version of it is completely inscrutable to me.
― mh 😏, Saturday, 14 January 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
It's been over a year. Let's see:
657 global, 301 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theverge.com1989 global, 551 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sbnation.com1481 global, 584 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vox.com
Thus concludes the top, uh, 600 bracket. It gets worse!
2175 global, 745 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/polygon.com5135 global, 1044 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/eater.com8604 global, 1749 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/curbed.com7695 global, 2407 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/recode.net23732 global, 5715 US: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/racked.com
I think I've grown to like The Verge more over the last year, but that's probably mostly stockholm syndrome.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 15 January 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
The Puppy Bowl, explained
― JoeStork, Sunday, 5 February 2017 23:00 (seven years ago) link
25 Super Bowl commercials that explain Super Bowl commercials
― El Tomboto, Monday, 6 February 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
Liberals are the new Tea PartyABOUT 6 HOURS AGO
vox.com: a list of ideas you threw away a week ago
― El Tomboto, Monday, 6 February 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/828992942207594496
the verge is for people who like SCOOPLETS
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:11 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm, I feel like I enjoy the occasional article and then Nilay Patel shows up and makes me shake my head
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
@voxdotcomA defense of Betsy DeVoshttps://t.co/MWQlI4p7Gv
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
Indeed, as the alternative schooling movement spreads, one can imagine it attempting the same kind of capture that every other large industry aims for in its relations with the federal government.
oh indeed, indeed, maybe one should try to imagine that some more
― j., Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
yo vox your corporatist roots are showing
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Joel and 9 Others @joeljohnson 3h3 hours ago@johnjcook @reckless @pkafka @benpopper I was there. Direct ad pulls and interrupted deals were about a million. More importantly: who cares
Ashley FeinbergVerified accountthe people who experienced it firsthand deny it, seems like it’s worth an update especially when you’re giving gg-ers a false sense of power
v convincing. it wasn't what u said but more importantly, who cares. also let's not say things that make gg-ers feel powerful.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
yeah, sorry, the thread got dropped and I linked to the fun potshots part
https://twitter.com/johnjcook/status/828979581923241984
John Cook@johnjcook@reckless @pkafka @benpopper our '14 revenue was $45 million. GG started in august and didn't become a thing until october
so there's no way, unless their total revenue was incredibly inconsistent throughout the year, that they were disrupted by gg so badly they dropped that much money
tbf yes, all of these people that are no longer employed by a company that no longer exists are not presenting a unified front
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
also fucking yeah, make sure a number that seems large is real when it could provide encouragement to the dickhead anti-social justice keep on trumpin' brigade
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
i'm just saying that the only reason why that number is wrong is because it either is or isn't wrong, not because it might embolden some anonymous online dudes and saying "who cares" is the kind of thing that sets my internal veracity bells off.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
the only reason why that number is wrong is because it either is or isn't wrong
this is actually a very reasonable thing and based in the idea the number matters
in fact, it does matter as a gauge of scale, but on the other hand, the people using it as a gauge of scale will deride any correction to the article. cook's right -- it doesn't matter, the $7 million number is out there, if anyone wanted to be emboldened by it, they have their number and they'll deny any correction
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
there aren't any reasonable people out there who think "gamergate was bad, but if they had a multi-million dollar effect, then maybe I will reevaluate my stance"
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.heartofthedreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/trustnoone.jpg
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
imo that's a weakness of the "facts matter" brigade I am a part of too regularly
they only matter if: - they are relevant - they're part of a reasonable argument or narrative, single facts are ignored by people - you're arguing to people who will pay any attention to you whatsoever
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
http://gamedesignreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dontbe.jpg
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
imo the greatest science is recognizing biases and emotional responses, very underappreciated
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
that's what all these dickhole data journalists think
― j., Tuesday, 7 February 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
touche
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/behind-the-internets-dark-anti-democracy-movement/516243/
“No,” said Nick Steves, the pseudonym used by one NRxer well-known within the movement. “It will only lend false credence to the misleading facts and outright errors you will inevitably print irrespective of my involvement.”Asked what he thought I would print, Steves explained that “115 IQ people are not generally well equipped to summarize 160 IQ people” and that only one journalist, Vox’s Dylan Matthews, had “come close to permitting NRx to speak for itself.”
Asked what he thought I would print, Steves explained that “115 IQ people are not generally well equipped to summarize 160 IQ people” and that only one journalist, Vox’s Dylan Matthews, had “come close to permitting NRx to speak for itself.”
― j., Sunday, 12 February 2017 04:55 (seven years ago) link
160 IQ people who reference their IQ, as if citing that number wins every argument, are too stupid to understand what a 160 IQ is.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 12 February 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
"Nick Steves""Dylan Matthews"
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 12 February 2017 05:14 (seven years ago) link
xp otm
― if young satchmo don't trumpet i'm gon shoot you (m bison), Sunday, 12 February 2017 05:30 (seven years ago) link
I would say we need a eugenics program to keep anyone who goes around professing a 160 iq from reproducing, but they're doing pretty well with that on their own.
― mh 😏, Sunday, 12 February 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe I never started a thread on what a shit show wired magazine is
― El Tomboto, Monday, 13 February 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
who is writing for vox media?
http://deadspin.com/leaked-data-show-vast-majority-of-sb-nation-page-views-1803138754
like no kidding SB nation is an aggregator
I just assume all those volunteers are big Jon Bois fans and are just contributing their FanPosts as a sort of sweat-equity Patreon to keep the Jon Bois Content Dream alive.I mean who would not support this guy: https://www.sbnation.com/2017/7/24/16003968/17776-questions-and-answers
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
Suggest Ban Nation?
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
it is boggling to me that there is still any audience for the verge or re/code since they are both terrible, overly earnest tech / nerd verticals that cover almost nothing that their competition doesn't, and the UX is still shit whether you're on mobile or desktop, etc etc.
I guess I still keep loading the verge in a tab from time to time because I hope one day it will improve despite knowing that the vox media house style is always going to grate and only 1 out of 40 times am I going to see anything I'm remotely interested in actually reading. It would be nice to see the whole farm pivot away from being so fucking watery and ditch the pretentiously neutered prose, but that seems highly unlikely. If it ain't broke don't fix it, I guess.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 3 December 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
went back to the verge again, they're asking what people would want in a membership / premium version (?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!??!!?!!?!?) and they couldn't even cover the new Star Wars trailer properly. Also, hilariously, almost none of the ads loaded in Safari on mobile. everybody loses!
The entire Vox Media enterprise makes it crystal clear that the only thing that matters is how easy it is to buy and sell ads while keeping overhead (i.e. staff writer wages) as "reasonable" as possible. Whether or not I, consumer, click on the ads clearly has no bearing on the system; whether the content is remotely interesting to anyone is the most trivial concern. It's like the iMDB model exported to news verticals. If anybody who actually understands this shit first hand would care to educate me as to why I'm wrong I'd love to learn.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 14 April 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link