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I wonder if the traditional political media people have been forced to jump on social media to chase the advertising dollars that they used to recieve pre 2016?

I wonder if the traditional political media people have been forced to jump on social media to chase the advertising dollars that they used to recieve pre 2016? Although only a fraction of the profits made historically by traditional political media earned through advertising, I would imagine there is a buck or two to be earned through hyper partisan articles and affiliate linking.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago
I think it’s also an age thing. Young people are more comfortable online and kids in high school ten years ago are the tech bros in FAANG. This seems to be a time for them to ‘give it back’ to an oppressive older generation they can rebel against. I too never agreed with my previous generation but I never wielded this kind of power. The 50 something year old who is banned from Twitter by a 25 something techie probably cannot comprehend why he is suddenly a hateful racist villain. Just 7-8 years ago, he had friends! I see many a middle aged woman on Nextdoor completely bewildered by why high school kids are calling them ‘Karen’ between zoom class breaks. If it werent so tragic, it would be comical.
- sigmaprimus 6y ago
  Awesome!! I hope you weren't being sarcastic because I feel like You hit the nail on the head. Uggg am I'm a Karen? It must be a generational thing and I'm a bit ashamed, as until now I have not heard of Nextdoor! I guess it's not targeted towards my generation :( Better get some hair dye :P
  - jelliclesfarm 6y ago
    The rules of modern virtue and values and morals are being written by school kids in public schools funded by the adult tax payers they hate. Also women can now be called menstruators’ or ‘persons with vulvas’. (Serious..not being facetious) You could be a TERF. I just found out about it. Pasting what I posted elsewhere: [..] Apparently there is a name for her. TERF. [..] If you didn’t already know – and why should you? – ‘TERF’ is an acronym coined by trans activists, which stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. In practice, a huge and diverse cross-section of women are currently being called TERFs and the vast majority have never been radical feminists. Examples of so-called TERFs range from the mother of a gay child who was afraid their child wanted to transition to escape homophobic bullying, to a hitherto totally unfeminist older lady who’s vowed never to visit Marks & Spencer again because they’re allowing any man who says they identify as a woman into the women’s changing rooms. Ironically, radical feminists aren’t even trans-exclusionary – they include trans men in their feminism, because they were born women.[..] From: https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-... As a biological woman, I feel this surprising sense of..loss. Like a loss of identity. I don’t know what to feel. I am gobsmacked. [..] This is creating ripples even amongst Uber-feminists. A friend(from India..of all places) got called a TERF because she wanted ‘paid period leave’ for..well..menstruators. Apparently not very inclusive. And boom! Interesting times.
    - sigmaprimus 6y ago
      Whoa!!! Sorry, I'm not quite ready to swallow that particular red pill!!!:(!! I think maybe my ranting gave the wrong impression, probably the "Monday Night Football Wine" is to blame. Tomorrow I am going to look into Neighborhood * EDIT NEXTDOOR and if it turns out to be something I like I will support it.
      - sigmaprimus 6y ago
        So I checked out Next Door, unfortunately there is very little information available until you sign up. I was not convinced it was worth sharing my email and opening an account. It's really unfortunate as I was interested and driven to their site only to have them lose me due to somewhat of a closed site. There might be a lesson there for future developers.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago

I think it’s also an age thing. Young people are more comfortable online and kids in high school ten years ago are the tech bros in FAANG. This seems to be a time for them to ‘give it back’ to an oppressive older generation they can rebel against. I too never agreed with my previous generation but I never wielded this kind of power. The 50 something year old who is banned from Twitter by a 25 something techie probably cannot comprehend why he is suddenly a hateful racist villain. Just 7-8 years ago, he had friends! I see many a middle aged woman on Nextdoor completely bewildered by why high school kids are calling them ‘Karen’ between zoom class breaks. If it werent so tragic, it would be comical.

sigmaprimus 6y ago
Awesome!! I hope you weren't being sarcastic because I feel like You hit the nail on the head. Uggg am I'm a Karen? It must be a generational thing and I'm a bit ashamed, as until now I have not heard of Nextdoor! I guess it's not targeted towards my generation :( Better get some hair dye :P
- jelliclesfarm 6y ago
  The rules of modern virtue and values and morals are being written by school kids in public schools funded by the adult tax payers they hate. Also women can now be called menstruators’ or ‘persons with vulvas’. (Serious..not being facetious) You could be a TERF. I just found out about it. Pasting what I posted elsewhere: [..] Apparently there is a name for her. TERF. [..] If you didn’t already know – and why should you? – ‘TERF’ is an acronym coined by trans activists, which stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. In practice, a huge and diverse cross-section of women are currently being called TERFs and the vast majority have never been radical feminists. Examples of so-called TERFs range from the mother of a gay child who was afraid their child wanted to transition to escape homophobic bullying, to a hitherto totally unfeminist older lady who’s vowed never to visit Marks & Spencer again because they’re allowing any man who says they identify as a woman into the women’s changing rooms. Ironically, radical feminists aren’t even trans-exclusionary – they include trans men in their feminism, because they were born women.[..] From: https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-... As a biological woman, I feel this surprising sense of..loss. Like a loss of identity. I don’t know what to feel. I am gobsmacked. [..] This is creating ripples even amongst Uber-feminists. A friend(from India..of all places) got called a TERF because she wanted ‘paid period leave’ for..well..menstruators. Apparently not very inclusive. And boom! Interesting times.
  - sigmaprimus 6y ago
    Whoa!!! Sorry, I'm not quite ready to swallow that particular red pill!!!:(!! I think maybe my ranting gave the wrong impression, probably the "Monday Night Football Wine" is to blame. Tomorrow I am going to look into Neighborhood * EDIT NEXTDOOR and if it turns out to be something I like I will support it.
    - sigmaprimus 6y ago
      So I checked out Next Door, unfortunately there is very little information available until you sign up. I was not convinced it was worth sharing my email and opening an account. It's really unfortunate as I was interested and driven to their site only to have them lose me due to somewhat of a closed site. There might be a lesson there for future developers.