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It seems really weird that BBC would do a story on these alternates to youtube, mention them, and then not link to them. I watch Linus Tech Tips so I've heard
by jccalhoun 6y ago
It seems really weird that BBC would do a story on these alternates to youtube, mention them, and then not link to them.
I watch Linus Tech Tips so I've heard of floatplane but I haven't heard of the others mentioned. Even one of the three links in the article just goes to another site called tubefilter which itself doesn't link to this nebula thing. It took me ten minutes to find the site because I had to read the articles trying to see if they linked to https://watchnebula.com/ https://watchnebula.com/ (admittedly, that link doesn't really do a great job of selling the product either)
What is the point of doing stories about other web sites without linking to them?
- brigandish 6y agoThe BBC is publicly funded and for years was very strict about no advertising or product placement in their output (which has relaxed somewhat in recent years but it’s still there) so perhaps it’s because they don’t want the article to be seen as “newsvertising” (is there a special term for this?)
- orojackson 6y agoYou're thinking of "native advertising" or "advertorial."
- brigandish 6y agoAdvertorial! Thanks. If newsvertising as a word takes off, you know who to blame :)