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I'll probably get down voted into Oblivion, but the least we, the well paid tech workers, could do is pay some of that to support journalism we like. I'm sub'd

by foob4r 7y ago

I'll probably get down voted into Oblivion, but the least we, the well paid tech workers, could do is pay some of that to support journalism we like. I'm sub'd to nyt, 3 local paper/publications, wired, natgeo, motherjones.

CharlesColeman 7y ago
Ditto. I have an NYT and WSJ online subscription, and I made a donation to a free weekly that covers hyperlocal news for my area. I understand paywalls are annoying. But if anyone wants to do anything, they need to figure out how to get micropayments to work or build a non-techgiant service [1] that can let you collectively subscribe to most of the news organizations at once for a reasonable fee. I understand those are both hard problems. [1] Can't be a techgiant because they've caused enough damage already, and giving them control of the subscription fees could be the coup de grâce. Honestly, the website should be a media-owned co-op or something.
uncletaco 7y ago
Honestly a lot of the work of local newspapers are picked up by our local television stations. Last week my partner and I found a dead man wearing nothing but his undies in our parking lot. He froze to death the night before. So we called the police and got him picked up and later that night saw a news story on a local station's website saying that man's family was looking for him. We called their police department and the next day he was confirmed to be their dad who was suffering from dementia. The poor guy probably thought he was at home so he took off all his clothes and laid down. I'm sure his family would have found out eventually but that local news station helped us get the news to them quicker. The only thing that bothers me at the moment is how little power local news has to really investigate corruption or wrongdoing by local and state level officials. Like that Roy Moore scandal.
- lmkg 7y ago
  > The poor guy probably thought he was at home so he took off all his clothes and laid down. There's actually this weird phenomenon where people suffering from hypothermia will take off their clothes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia#Paradoxical_undressing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia#Paradoxical_undres...
  - uncletaco 7y ago
    Wow.
bitlax 7y ago
I don't think you'll get downvoted for such an innocuous statement. I'd pick different sources but I agree with the sentiment.

by foob4r 7y ago

CharlesColeman 7y ago

Ditto. I have an NYT and WSJ online subscription, and I made a donation to a free weekly that covers hyperlocal news for my area. I understand paywalls are annoying. But if anyone wants to do anything, they need to figure out how to get micropayments to work or build a non-techgiant service [1] that can let you collectively subscribe to most of the news organizations at once for a reasonable fee. I understand those are both hard problems. [1] Can't be a techgiant because they've caused enough damage already, and giving them control of the subscription fees could be the coup de grâce. Honestly, the website should be a media-owned co-op or something.

uncletaco 7y ago

Honestly a lot of the work of local newspapers are picked up by our local television stations. Last week my partner and I found a dead man wearing nothing but his undies in our parking lot. He froze to death the night before. So we called the police and got him picked up and later that night saw a news story on a local station's website saying that man's family was looking for him. We called their police department and the next day he was confirmed to be their dad who was suffering from dementia. The poor guy probably thought he was at home so he took off all his clothes and laid down. I'm sure his family would have found out eventually but that local news station helped us get the news to them quicker. The only thing that bothers me at the moment is how little power local news has to really investigate corruption or wrongdoing by local and state level officials. Like that Roy Moore scandal.

lmkg 7y ago
> The poor guy probably thought he was at home so he took off all his clothes and laid down. There's actually this weird phenomenon where people suffering from hypothermia will take off their clothes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia#Paradoxical_undressing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia#Paradoxical_undres...
- uncletaco 7y ago
  Wow.

bitlax 7y ago

I don't think you'll get downvoted for such an innocuous statement. I'd pick different sources but I agree with the sentiment.