Re:How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media
by stcredzero on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:02PM
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My interest in pitching this so often is my desire to play my little part in sticking a stake in the idea that getting advertising money is the default path to monetization.
If Google and Facebook are The Internet (and for some large number of people, this is likely more than half true, in an empirical time-measurement sense) then The Internet is driven by advertisement. It's just become Cable TV 2.0.
I'd rather move to a world where it's either merely one option among many, or even, dare I dream, a last resort considered vaguely déclassé.
If Google and Facebook are The Internet (and for some large number of people, this is likely more than half true, in an empirical time-measurement sense) then The Internet is driven by advertisement. It's just become Cable TV 2.0.
I'd rather move to a world where it's either merely one option among many, or even, dare I dream, a last resort considered vaguely déclassé.
This was presaged by Scott McCloud. http://scottmccloud.com/ http://www.scottmccloud.com/3-home/essays/2003-09-micros/mic...
And it was rejected by the mainstream, led by those with a vested interest in the new status quo. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/06/22