Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by snakeanus on Sunday May 21, 2017 @12:53AM
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I think that the ones that will best survive in an ad-blocking world would be hobbyist journalists and bloggers. That does not seem to be that bad to be quite frank as it would probably lead to higher quality content, less copy-paste and less clickbaits.
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Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by candiodari on Sunday May 21, 2017 @02:55AM
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Not really unfortunately. The ones that thrive are the ones not doing it for money. Propaganda, state and commercial, are by far the biggest ones.
What the heck is a hobbyist journalist?
Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by marcus_holmes on Sunday May 21, 2017 @08:58PM
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Me. I run http://startupnews.com.au despite making no money doing it (as the plaintive pleas for sponsorship and donations on the site show). The Perth startup community needs it, so I run it.
There's similar blogs for every small community, run by people who care about that community. Usually unfunded, and only covering stories of interest to that community.
> What the heck is a hobbyist journalist?
Shills and Kool-aid-drinking zealots mostly - they are the ones usually motivated enough to do 'journalism' for free. Don't expect any professionalism, depth or any form of investigative journalismbeyond tweet-storms.