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The main problem it solves, as mentioned in another comment, is that this project is not beholden to a corporate entity which is in turn beholden to its shareho

by mikece 6y ago

The main problem it solves, as mentioned in another comment, is that this project is not beholden to a corporate entity which is in turn beholden to its shareholders. The "censorship of conservative content" has never been about politics but about making advertisers happy: advertisers who demand that their ad buys not be displayed with/alongside content they deem inappropriate for whatever reason. It was the political right who used this tactic to great effect in the 1980s, going after advertisers and boycotting companies advertising on "non-family-friendly" media content (usually television). The media companies want to keep the ad money rolling in so they made a content pivot/censored content. The same thing is happening now; follow the money: that's where the effort to silence is being bought and paid for. Companies like Apple, Google/YouTube, Reddit, and Facebook are simply caught in the middle of a political tug-of-war and trying to find the least crappy path through it.

filmgirlcw 6y ago
You’re not getting it. I understand the aim. I’m asking how it can solve that problem if it doesn’t have massive mindshare for podcasters to use and submit to? Because simply having another directory in existence and requesting people submit their feed to it isn’t going to be easy. And if the index doesn’t have the content, it is useless, regardless of its mission.
- markkanof 6y ago
  Well they could certainly seed their initial data by scraping Apple's directory, like most of the podcast player apps do. As for not having mind share, that's not necessarily a reason to just throw in the towel. Lot's of problems have this kind of chicken and egg scenario. Get something up and running and then try to chip away at the mindshare problem by getting podcasters to list there and podcast players to use this directory.
shajznnckfke 6y ago
So you are saying that the killer app for this service is discovering content that’s other services won’t tolerate? It’s like 4chan for podcasts, except it’s just a directory, not a host? It doesn’t sound like a great foundation for a business.

by mikece 6y ago

filmgirlcw 6y ago

You’re not getting it. I understand the aim. I’m asking how it can solve that problem if it doesn’t have massive mindshare for podcasters to use and submit to? Because simply having another directory in existence and requesting people submit their feed to it isn’t going to be easy. And if the index doesn’t have the content, it is useless, regardless of its mission.

markkanof 6y ago
Well they could certainly seed their initial data by scraping Apple's directory, like most of the podcast player apps do. As for not having mind share, that's not necessarily a reason to just throw in the towel. Lot's of problems have this kind of chicken and egg scenario. Get something up and running and then try to chip away at the mindshare problem by getting podcasters to list there and podcast players to use this directory.

shajznnckfke 6y ago

So you are saying that the killer app for this service is discovering content that’s other services won’t tolerate? It’s like 4chan for podcasts, except it’s just a directory, not a host? It doesn’t sound like a great foundation for a business.