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> You hold them accountable by not paying them if you don't like their reporting. This means the journalists are now beholden to the class of people who pay su
by sangnoir 4y ago
> You hold them accountable by not paying them if you don't like their reporting.
This means the journalists are now beholden to the class of people who pay substackers; I suspect the feedback loop is much tighter (lose subscribers soon after publishing an article that speaks truth-to-the-new-power). This also encourages echo-chambers - writers will learn to know what their readers like and will stick to it: their income literally depends on it!
- refurb 4y agoHow is that different than what happens with major papers now? At least the choice is the reader’s, the feedback is immediate and the start-up costs low.
- sangnoir 4y agoWe are in violent agreement - only that I think society is worse-off for the tighter coupling between readers biases and the echo-chambers they obtain news.