Re:He escaped the dark web's biggest bust, and now he's back
by wpietri on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:26AM
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The industry has declined not because of hiring policies, but because we in the tech industry blew it up and because capitalism and journalism are not totally compatible anyhow.
I am also not fond of click-driven headlines and articles. But this is not a new problem; when newspapers were mainly purchased individually, exciting headlines were used to drive sales. Now that companies get paid by the view, guess what! Organizations that prioritize revenue-generating views will survive.
If we don't like that, yelling at them won't help. And blaming random things like hiring policies especially won't help. We need to figure out how to get sufficient money into journalism in ways that rewards the kind of journalism we want. Personally, between Patreon and subscriptions, I spend a couple grand a year on that. What are you doing to solve the problem?
I am also not fond of click-driven headlines and articles. But this is not a new problem; when newspapers were mainly purchased individually, exciting headlines were used to drive sales. Now that companies get paid by the view, guess what! Organizations that prioritize revenue-generating views will survive.
If we don't like that, yelling at them won't help. And blaming random things like hiring policies especially won't help. We need to figure out how to get sufficient money into journalism in ways that rewards the kind of journalism we want. Personally, between Patreon and subscriptions, I spend a couple grand a year on that. What are you doing to solve the problem?