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Eh, it is just what happens when a tech site reaches a certain point of popularity. In the early days, a site fights to be unique and high quality to get the hi
by Kylekramer 16y ago
Eh, it is just what happens when a tech site reaches a certain point of popularity. In the early days, a site fights to be unique and high quality to get the hits. Once a certain level of hits is assured, there is a weird switch where since every post is going have a certain number of views, the writers start to care less about quality and get into a feedback loop that tells them they still are doing well cause they are getting hits. And even worse, the outliers like Steve's strange ramblings and MG's flamebait are seen as better cause the novelty drives more attention to them than a normal, well researched and written post.
I still find it entertaining, but you just can't take it seriously. It is probably best if you never do.