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Small publishing sites are all but dead. The internet used to be a lovely village where everyone was on about the same playing field and now it's a handful of s
by shiftpgdn 6y ago
Small publishing sites are all but dead. The internet used to be a lovely village where everyone was on about the same playing field and now it's a handful of skyscrapers surrounded by slums.
- dylan604 6y agoi would actually consider those towering skyscrapers to be the slums, and the smaller sites to be potential hidden gems.
- dragontamer 6y agoThat's a lovely theory, but the money is in Youtube and its pretty obvious. Nearly all the major tech reporting sites have died: TechReport, Hardware Canucks, Linux Journal, etc. etc. When you look at who can actually sustain a modern tech reporting site, its the Youtubers: Linus Tech Tips, Gamers Nexus, etc. etc. Even then: when the tech reporting sites were around, they were mostly on Google Adsense. The others are on Facebook Ads. ---------- The sites that are making it possible for small-style discussion to thrive again are new "networks" like Patreon. A lesser evil for sure, but a "Skyscraper" nonetheless.
- earthboundkid 6y agoWhy advertise on TechReport when you can just profile users and show them tech ads wherever they go? Tracking is poison for niche publishers.
- dec0dedab0de 6y agosure, but its only been that way for a little over a decade, it could change back just as quicky.