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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by rhizome on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:53PM (#15742670)
It makes me wonder if there might be the possibility of a Netflix for news, where an 3rd party curates and allows ratings of lengthier pieces on long-term issues, interviews with important figures, and 20-minute investigative reports (like I remember seeing on 60 minutes)

Isn't this essentially the model that HuffPo and other news aggregators (rewriters) use? Hasn't really panned out in that context, but maybe there needs to be a more quality-focussed site that isn't subject so much to avarice.

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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by unholiness on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:11PM (#15742801)
The question of who creates the content is mostly orthogonal to what I mean.

I'm talking about is a platform where my decision to click/watch content is based on reviews and recommendations, not loud design and attention-grabbing headlines.

In that world, the subscription model could make sense and content aggregation could make sense, but neither is required, nor does either addressing the issue on its own.

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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by addicted on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:46PM (#15743600)
Recommendations is basically Facebook.
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