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I work for a digital agency that is owned by a very large newspaper company having been bought to help them adapt to a "digital future". The newspaper company i
by kaolinite 14y ago
I work for a digital agency that is owned by a very large newspaper company having been bought to help them adapt to a "digital future". The newspaper company is becoming increasingly desperate - the latest product they've launched is a Groupon clone, which they are pushing pretty hard.
Whilst digging around on one of their servers, I've found a few sites which are "virtual shopping malls" with multiple levels and numerous "shops" that you can "buy" (i.e. advertise your site on). I think that they're not too sure what to make of this "Internet thing" so are just trying to port concepts from offline to online and it's not working too well.
- andyking 14y agoI worked for a small local radio station and was asked to implement something similar to the "virtual mall" last year on the station website. I was only asked to do it as a neighbouring station had one. It was laid out like a simple street map, in a grid formation, and companies could "rent" a "shop," or more accurately, place their logo in one of the spaces in the grid. I did it, then left the station, and it still sits there online, the "streets" filled with For Rent signs. It's like a failed SimCity, or a 2D version of Second Life...