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> As if people will just wander onto their site, and as long as they can't find the exit they'll be stuck there forever. The digital equivalent of casinos' lac
by tlrobinson 12y ago
> As if people will just wander onto their site, and as long as they can't find the exit they'll be stuck there forever.
The digital equivalent of casinos' lack of windows.
- alttab 12y agoThat and losing money doesn't look entertaining through a window
- Steko 12y agoNot linking to a company described in a news article can be annoying but it's not always some casino mentality code they have against outlinking to maximize internal pageviews -- in many cases it's also journalism trying to hold onto some standards of not just being a shill for the interview subject.
- Zikes 12y agoOn Wikipedia they call it citing sources. Journalism would certainly do very well to practice that.
- davidgerard 12y agoThe BBC somehow survives now that it's actually linking to papers referenced, entities discussed in the article, etc.
- lclarkmichalek 12y agoWell being state funded probably helps in that regard
- davidgerard 12y agoI'd think that would work against the claim being asserted - that external links affect neutrality - given how closely people watch the BBC for any possible bias and berate it for assumed bias (with or without cause).
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- TeMPOraL 12y agoNot linking to a company described requires a very conscious effort. It's obvious that when you want to tell people "hey, look at X", you want to point people towards X somehow. If you don't do this, then it means you have some ulterior motive for not doing that.