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While plenty of their articles are useless clickbait, they have earned my respect by also writing a high % of the articles that I find useful and interesting.
by dsjoerg 11y ago
While plenty of their articles are useless clickbait, they have earned my respect by also writing a high % of the articles that I find useful and interesting. Searched my gmail to find the last article of theirs I sent around: http://www.businessinsider.com/share-of-media-time-spent-2014-12?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Tech%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29%3A%20There%27s%20A%20Reason%20It%20Seems%20Like%20Everyone%20Is%20Always%20Staring%20At%20Their%20Smartphones&utm_content=COTD http://www.businessinsider.com/share-of-media-time-spent-201...
- dublinben 11y agoThat's not even an article, it's a single graph. An unsourced one at that, with no methodology provided. It is essentially worthless eye-candy.
- ma2rten 11y ago> an unsourced one at that "Source: eMarketer, April 2014"
- bedhead 11y agoSeriously?? That is a single chart, free of commentary, quotes, context...anything. And it's sourced from - shock - yet another "real" organization! Meanwhile, look at the rest of the page. It's entirely banner ads, sponsored content, clickbait about what Ann Coulter thinks of Donald Trump, and other drivel ("Forget Shake Shack — this is the burger chain everyone is talking about"). I'm telling you, 95% of what BI employees do is scan news from actual companies, then repost it. It's a sad state of affairs that BI is worth almost as much as Tribune, and not terribly less than the New York Times.