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> Publishing static content is extraordinarily cheap. The main cost of reliable journalism isn't publishing the content. It's getting reliable content to publi

• Terretta 2y ago
  > isn't publishing the content Yes, I showed content costs 20x publishing cost if staffed + crowdsourced as in this example. > getting reliable content This is why I mentioned cost varying inversely with how compelled someone feels to say something. The additional 45M in my example buys you a lot of reporters even with overhead all-in.
  • pdonis 2y ago
    > cost varying inversely with how compelled someone feels to say something. How compelled someone feels to say something has little or nothing to do with how reliable what they are saying is. > The additional 45M in my example Where is that in your example? > buys you a lot of reporters Buying reporters is not the same as buying reliability.
    • Terretta 2y ago
      > Where is that in your example? It's the math behind “Adding salaries to wikipedia's number drops from 8 million visits per $20 per month, to 400,000 visits per $20 per month.” Put another way, it costs 20x for the employees. The budget actually goes 20x the 2.4M to 48M, or 45M after the hosting is paid. > Buying reporters is not the same as buying reliability. Just like hiring workers is not the same as buying completed work. This is true of all paid effort.