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This article isn't about quitting Facebook. The key quote from the OP: > Facebook is only evil as long as saying Facebook is evil is driving traffic, is my tak
by adamesque 16y ago
This article isn't about quitting Facebook. The key quote from the OP:
> Facebook is only evil as long as saying Facebook is evil is driving traffic, is my takeaway from this.
It's about what happens to news in a lucrative, competitive environment. The reason we haven't had to use the term "yellow journalism" since the turn of the last century is because the market for news was so stagnant.
Now there's a new, robust market, and we're seeing a lot of the same tactics all over again.
- inerte 16y agoIt isn't at all about quitting Facebook. I guess not RTFA and commenting on the title alone isn't isolated to Slashdot. er... I actually knew that but this thread shows it splendourly (is that a word?). Anyway, the actual meat of the article, although a known issue for those who have any interest in the media business, would give HNers an opportunity for some shots at Techcrunch (pottle/kettle). The internet isn't much different than television on this regard. There's a popular, hot topic one week that vanishes on the other. The blond girl that has gone missing happens every couple years. The media reports the case extensively, then another shiny topic comes, and it's dropped. Of course, boys/girls gone missing/kidnapped happens way more frequently than every two years, but sometimes through some crazy conjunction of factors, one is disproportionally reported.