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I used to write short articles for a PC hardware tech news outlet as a side thing. It went out of business, mostly through no fault of its own, because proper
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
I used to write short articles for a PC hardware tech news outlet as a side thing.
It went out of business, mostly through no fault of its own, because proper writing and investigative journalism made no money anymore. Basically the site owner had two choices: "sell out" and focus on producing a flood of SEO garbage, or "honorably" shutter the site. The owner went with the later.
Google basically buried us. PC hardware was on the rise, but most of the audience went to YouTube, and the leftovers were presented with a flood of junk sitting on top of us (and our excellent peers, may they rest in peace) in Google search.
...And this was years ago. The problem has gotten exponentially worse. Honestly, I don't know how modern written news sites with any integrity are even surviving.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y agoI do have a prediction, but only time will tell if it actually pans out. Things will get a lot worse the same way things got after introduction of printing press. It will, however, eventually result in equivalent of 'usda organic' content for news.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoThe printing press and organic produce markets never had global social media/search/advertising monopolies.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y agoHmm. Yes mostly. Capital P press had access monopoly, which I would say qualified in pre-internet world. I can agree that organic produce is a little different, but even that has been somewhat incorporated into offering by various corps.