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Disagree with this. NYT brought a much better user experience and much nicer data presentation, and leant him a feeling of legitimacy too. There's a reason the
by Osmium 14y ago
Disagree with this. NYT brought a much better user experience and much nicer data presentation, and leant him a feeling of legitimacy too. There's a reason the NYT has the reputation it does.
- rm999 14y agoI disagree. Here's an archive from post-2008 election: http://web.archive.org/web/20081106113055/http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20081106113055/http://www.fivethi... The old page contains more information yet looks friendlier. The nytimes style is more streamlined, but it became too sanitized. The content became sanitized too; Nate Silver could be more himself when it was his blog. He gave personal accounts, he was more honest, etc.
- untog 14y agoI think the answer here is that it was better for Nate to join NYT- I imagine he was compensated well for the move. We can complain about it, but.. well, it isn't in our hands.