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Re:Airbnb and Uber’s sharing economy is one route to dotcomm... by TeMPOraL on Monday June 22, 2015 @05:35AM (#9757192)
Here's the thing - there's no money to be gained in "supervising the output". Decency is not profitable. General population apparently doesn't give a damn about quality or reliability of the news (or even if they do, it doesn't seem to affect the profit metrics in any way).
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Re:Airbnb and Uber’s sharing economy is one route to dotcomm... by JonnieCache on Monday June 22, 2015 @05:42AM (#9757211)
To be fair to the gruan, they are not fussed about profits. They are financed by a trust arrangement, subsidized by other publications they own. They make a huge loss every year.

Hasn't stopped them becoming a kind of glossy magazine for narcissists though. I guess the data showed that buzzfeed was stealing their clicks.

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Re:Airbnb and Uber’s sharing economy is one route to dotcomm... by prawn on Monday June 22, 2015 @06:36AM (#9757370)
Not even general population. The article made it to the front page of HN.
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