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Classifying an entire medium as "low quality content" is pretty damn shortsighted. You do know that listeners get to choose what podcasts they press "play" on,

Classifying an entire medium as "low quality content" is pretty damn shortsighted. You do know that listeners get to choose what podcasts they press "play" on, right?

ekianjo 11y ago
It's not short-sighted once you consider the large mass of podcasts is composed of people recording themselves speaking without any prior script. Of course it's going to be low density and low quality, just like a chat with friends. There are exceptions like Serial, but that's what they are: exceptions.
- Disruptive_Dave 11y ago
  Out of curiosity, can you list me a few of these low quality podcasts? I started getting into them heavily about 10 months ago and I'd label the ones I subscribe to as very high quality. I don't personally equate "unscripted content" with automatically low quality, though. Some high quality podcasts I love right now: Joe Rogan Experience, Here's The Thing (Alec Baldwin), Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.
- dagw 11y ago
  There are exceptions like Serial, but that's what they are: exceptions. Sure, taken as a whole, most podcasts are terrible, and quality podcasts are rare exceptions. But then again quality books are also, on the whole, a rare exception when you include every self published manuscript floating around somewhere on the internet. The absolute number of decent podcasts out there have increased massively over the past year or two, and there are easily a dozen podcasts that can match serial in quality and production values and more are coming online all the time.
  - Disruptive_Dave 11y ago
    Personally, I'd say most blog posts are very low quality as well, taken as a whole. Most music is low quality. In 2015, it's not a stretch to say most content is low quality. We're all now responsible for our own curation and filters, which includes where we source from and where we spend time (like HN versus 4chan).
    - DanBC 11y ago
      Sturgeon's Law? (90% of anything is crap) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

Classifying an entire medium as "low quality content" is pretty damn shortsighted. You do know that listeners get to choose what podcasts they press "play" on, right?

ekianjo 11y ago

It's not short-sighted once you consider the large mass of podcasts is composed of people recording themselves speaking without any prior script. Of course it's going to be low density and low quality, just like a chat with friends. There are exceptions like Serial, but that's what they are: exceptions.

Disruptive_Dave 11y ago
Out of curiosity, can you list me a few of these low quality podcasts? I started getting into them heavily about 10 months ago and I'd label the ones I subscribe to as very high quality. I don't personally equate "unscripted content" with automatically low quality, though. Some high quality podcasts I love right now: Joe Rogan Experience, Here's The Thing (Alec Baldwin), Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.
dagw 11y ago
There are exceptions like Serial, but that's what they are: exceptions. Sure, taken as a whole, most podcasts are terrible, and quality podcasts are rare exceptions. But then again quality books are also, on the whole, a rare exception when you include every self published manuscript floating around somewhere on the internet. The absolute number of decent podcasts out there have increased massively over the past year or two, and there are easily a dozen podcasts that can match serial in quality and production values and more are coming online all the time.
- Disruptive_Dave 11y ago
  Personally, I'd say most blog posts are very low quality as well, taken as a whole. Most music is low quality. In 2015, it's not a stretch to say most content is low quality. We're all now responsible for our own curation and filters, which includes where we source from and where we spend time (like HN versus 4chan).
  - DanBC 11y ago
    Sturgeon's Law? (90% of anything is crap) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law