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> There is little to no "public interest journalism" anymore, only click interest journalism. What was wrong with this piece? I thought it was well-researched
by aerotwelve 9y ago
> There is little to no "public interest journalism" anymore, only click interest journalism.
What was wrong with this piece? I thought it was well-researched and, speaking as someone with little knowledge of digital advertising, pretty fascinating.
The author was pretty clear that this isn't Facebook's problem entirely; he was just as hard (if not harder) on the affiliate-side guys who are running the scam. He just noted that FB didn't mind the fraudulent ads as much about 5 years ago, which seems like a fair point to include.
- bogomipz 9y ago>"What was wrong with this piece? I thought it was well-researched and, speaking as someone with little knowledge of digital advertising, pretty fascinating." Indeed it was just under 3,500 words, the journalist also conducted two separate interviews with the main subject Mr Gryn. And those interview took place in both Berlin and Santa Monica, CA. That would be considerable effort to put forth for both journalist and publisher for "click bait."