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Tried reading a local newspaper website recently? It’s a mess of ads, pop ups, scams leaving a small 2-3 line window of text to read and scroll!

by edf13 3y ago

josefresco 3y ago
In my region there are two kinds of newspapers: Corporate owned, and locally owned. The locally owned newspaper has none of this garbage whereas the "corporate owned" newspaper has ALL of it.
strangattractor 3y ago
The names of all the channels on youtube are starting to remind of all those stupid company names (LYRXXX, COOFANDY etc) you see on Amazon. The true destructive contribution of AI will simply be the exponential shitification of the Internet experience.
colpabar 3y ago
The cause of both of these problems is that society at large is completely hooked on free content. Nobody wants to pay for anything on a screen, and why would they if they can get it for free? So content producers are forced to sell adspace, and now "user engagement" is their top priority, and the quality of their content drops and they adopt user-hostile patterns to "force" engagement. None of these problems will get better until 1) consumers pay for things they want, and waaaaaaay more importantly, 2) producers produce content that consumers are willing to pay for. So, it may just never happen.
goles 3y ago
Having changed a lot of my media habits post-2020 reading a newspaper (including digital versions[1]) has become my favorite way to consume news for a few fairly-obvious sounding reasons when said aloud in the current landscape. - Newspapers end. Any news site, or social media peddling news in disguise, will never stop showing you content. Even if that content is something you won't like, and they know you won't like it, but they must retain you at all costs. They simply let you scroll forever. When I'm done with the paper I move on with my day. - Newspapers are never written 'for you'. The paper clearly writes for an audience but not me as an individual. Not everything I see will be because an Algorithm or someone in product believes this will drive N% more clicks or revenue from me. I can better understand my own biases. - Ads are obvious, clearly labeled, distinctly different from content, and often includes who paid for them. Ads are also not animated or obtrusive (if sometimes large), which if you turn off ad-block and go to any site these days is a jarring experience. Even sometimes with ad-block on. [1]https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-newsstand/newsstand/newspapers/_/N-8raZ8qeZ1gzr https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-newsstand/newsstand/ne...
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Tried reading a local newspaper website recently? It’s a mess of ads, pop ups, scams leaving a small 2-3 line window of text to read and scroll!

by edf13 3y ago

Tried reading a local newspaper website recently? It’s a mess of ads, pop ups, scams leaving a small 2-3 line window of text to read and scroll!

josefresco 3y ago

In my region there are two kinds of newspapers: Corporate owned, and locally owned. The locally owned newspaper has none of this garbage whereas the "corporate owned" newspaper has ALL of it.

strangattractor 3y ago

The names of all the channels on youtube are starting to remind of all those stupid company names (LYRXXX, COOFANDY etc) you see on Amazon. The true destructive contribution of AI will simply be the exponential shitification of the Internet experience.

colpabar 3y ago

The cause of both of these problems is that society at large is completely hooked on free content. Nobody wants to pay for anything on a screen, and why would they if they can get it for free? So content producers are forced to sell adspace, and now "user engagement" is their top priority, and the quality of their content drops and they adopt user-hostile patterns to "force" engagement. None of these problems will get better until 1) consumers pay for things they want, and waaaaaaay more importantly, 2) producers produce content that consumers are willing to pay for. So, it may just never happen.

goles 3y ago

Having changed a lot of my media habits post-2020 reading a newspaper (including digital versions[1]) has become my favorite way to consume news for a few fairly-obvious sounding reasons when said aloud in the current landscape. - Newspapers end. Any news site, or social media peddling news in disguise, will never stop showing you content. Even if that content is something you won't like, and they know you won't like it, but they must retain you at all costs. They simply let you scroll forever. When I'm done with the paper I move on with my day. - Newspapers are never written 'for you'. The paper clearly writes for an audience but not me as an individual. Not everything I see will be because an Algorithm or someone in product believes this will drive N% more clicks or revenue from me. I can better understand my own biases. - Ads are obvious, clearly labeled, distinctly different from content, and often includes who paid for them. Ads are also not animated or obtrusive (if sometimes large), which if you turn off ad-block and go to any site these days is a jarring experience. Even sometimes with ad-block on. [1]https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-newsstand/newsstand/newspapers/_/N-8raZ8qeZ1gzr https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-newsstand/newsstand/ne...

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