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I certainly agree that it's beneficial to the consumer, but... I subscribe to the local paper which shares my political view, and I only read one of the opposin

by Jolter 8y ago

I certainly agree that it's beneficial to the consumer, but... I subscribe to the local paper which shares my political view, and I only read one of the opposing papers whenever I get a chance. I appreciate the same aspects as you do, it just doesn't seem likely I'll spend actual money subscribing to the other paper, when that would in fact be equal to financing a political movement I disagree with. I bet others feel the same. What GP writes about, though, reads more like the future of entertainment, not news. I don't see the harm in that, as long as there are ways to get recommended other stuff than what you watch every day. One side effect of this narrowing of channels is, I seem to have fewer and fewer cultural references in common with my more senior colleagues who still watch broadcast TV. Them: Did you watch the game last night? Me: Do you mean CS GO Katowice qualifiers or the big DOTA tournament?

johannes1234321 8y ago
> I only read one of the opposing papers whenever I get a chance. A point to this is that a "good" paper also publishes op-eds from "the other side" And sometimes those are really well written, really trying to convince you instead of just preaching the choir. The thing I saw often pre-Internet was that people had a local paper, a national paper and maybe a weekly magazine/paper. I myself currently am subscribed (as in paying, my RSS Reader has lots more) a local epaper and a national weekly printed paper. The later is nice (except I often disagree with many views stated) as it lives outside the fast breaking news cycle of the inline world and by being paper I really look through it (unless I spend too much time elsewhere ...) page by page instead of quickly scrolling through my RSS feed or quickly scanning over news sites. > What GP writes about, though, reads more like the future of entertainment, not news. Yes, the amount of ways to spend leisure time increased a lot. The amount of media one can consume is incredible, which leads to ... > , I seem to have fewer and fewer cultural references in common with my more senior colleagues who still watch broadcast TV. ... less of a common experience. The big TV events, the big news, ... it becomes all a more unique experience. Even with TV shows "everybody" watches: In the morning, after an episode of some show was released there is this one guy in the office "oh please don't spoil, I haven't watched that episode, yet" in the past there was this guy "oh damn, I missed it, please tell me what happens, so I can follow along next week"

by Jolter 8y ago

johannes1234321 8y ago

> I only read one of the opposing papers whenever I get a chance. A point to this is that a "good" paper also publishes op-eds from "the other side" And sometimes those are really well written, really trying to convince you instead of just preaching the choir. The thing I saw often pre-Internet was that people had a local paper, a national paper and maybe a weekly magazine/paper. I myself currently am subscribed (as in paying, my RSS Reader has lots more) a local epaper and a national weekly printed paper. The later is nice (except I often disagree with many views stated) as it lives outside the fast breaking news cycle of the inline world and by being paper I really look through it (unless I spend too much time elsewhere ...) page by page instead of quickly scrolling through my RSS feed or quickly scanning over news sites. > What GP writes about, though, reads more like the future of entertainment, not news. Yes, the amount of ways to spend leisure time increased a lot. The amount of media one can consume is incredible, which leads to ... > , I seem to have fewer and fewer cultural references in common with my more senior colleagues who still watch broadcast TV. ... less of a common experience. The big TV events, the big news, ... it becomes all a more unique experience. Even with TV shows "everybody" watches: In the morning, after an episode of some show was released there is this one guy in the office "oh please don't spoil, I haven't watched that episode, yet" in the past there was this guy "oh damn, I missed it, please tell me what happens, so I can follow along next week"