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I'm positive it can make its creators filthy rich with the special journalist subscription that offers automatically generated dramatized versions of the resear
by maga 10y ago
I'm positive it can make its creators filthy rich with the special journalist subscription that offers automatically generated dramatized versions of the research updates. In the dramatized version, every researcher becomes either a child prodigy, a person struggling with social issues, or Elon Musk; every research is a serendipitous breakthrough and destined to save the world at least once; all the while meeting a strong opposition from the established corporations, governments, and other wrong-doers.
But seriously, I'd subscribe to such a service, just out of curiosity if nothing else.
- andy_ppp 10y agoThese things are sent to journalists for free by university marketing departments/people who want grants. Also the size of the market you are suggesting is not going to be worth pursuing.
- maga 10y agoWell, then we sell it to the marketing departments/grant seekers--problem solved. > Also the size of the market you are suggesting is not going to be worth pursuing. If you mean the journalists, that was a (half) joke, of course. But the people who would be interested in this "examine.com for tech" are, I believe, an audience worth pursuing. I find it too cumbersome to weigh all the monetization options here, but even if we only go with the subscription, I believe there would be enough users to sustain such project. If people are willing to pay for general purpose news such as WSJ, I'm sure there will be enough of us, geeks/nerds/techies, willing to pay twice as much to keep in close touch with the progress, without having to dig through all the bullshit every time we hear about a world saving breakthrough.