Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a fou...
by CapricornNoble on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:53AM
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>>it's the advertisers that decide what is allowed to be published there
1. How much would/should advertisers care about their "brand image"? Cancel Culture has taken the long history of corporate boycotts and connected it to a hair-trigger, with massively amplified effects compared to the per capita aggrieved consumers. The leverage that advertisers exert on publishers is a rational risk-avoidance policy in these times of massive outrage-induced revenue losses.
2. How much of the risk-aversion in advertising is related to demographic shifts in the personnel making up the advertising and public relations departments?
1. How much would/should advertisers care about their "brand image"? Cancel Culture has taken the long history of corporate boycotts and connected it to a hair-trigger, with massively amplified effects compared to the per capita aggrieved consumers. The leverage that advertisers exert on publishers is a rational risk-avoidance policy in these times of massive outrage-induced revenue losses.
2. How much of the risk-aversion in advertising is related to demographic shifts in the personnel making up the advertising and public relations departments?