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The Verge is unrecognizable as the tech news site that it was founded as (under the This Is My Next moniker). Two of the top five articles on their site are cu
by dublinben 12y ago
The Verge is unrecognizable as the tech news site that it was founded as (under the This Is My Next moniker). Two of the top five articles on their site are currently about sports, unsurprising as they are owned by the same parent as SB-Nation. They also have 'authors' whose entire output seems to consist of blogspam summaries of articles on other sites.
- madeofpalk 12y agoThe Verge wasn't founded as a tech news site. It was founded as a culture site, with a slant towards tech (because technology is a part of everyday culture). This has been their message since the very beginning. That sports article currently featured on the front page? About how tech and social media is changing sports. Just because there's a football doesn't mean its off topic for a 'tech' website. http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/28/7878051/espn-sportscenter-studio-and-the-future-of-sports-tv http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/28/7878051/espn-sportscenter-... The very first long form article they published back in 2011 was about "A new breed of survivalist is wealthy, educated, and plans to ride out 2012 in style". http://www.theverge.com/culture/2011/11/1/2525857/2012-survival-condo-at-the-end-of-the-world http://www.theverge.com/culture/2011/11/1/2525857/2012-survi... The Verge has changed in the three years since it launched (everything has) - but it's still the type of site it launched as.
- ummonkwatz 12y agoExactly the same, except with 1/10th the article quality.
- berfarah 12y agoAgreed. But I feel like that shift has happened in the last 6-12 months. Now you have things like 5 articles talking about the interview and other media circlejerk happening. Really unfortunate.