Today, we seem to spend more time shouting insults than trying to understand each other. Go to Twitter. Click on a trending story. Look at what we’re saying about Trump. Look at what we’re saying about immigrants. Look at what we’re saying about each other. Rage is now our dominant cultural currency.
Pretty much all true. But there’s more to it, and subscriber models even somewhat fix the growing censorship, shadow banning and throttling effects. But associated issues of exposure, promotion, discovery and virality remain unaddressed and equally problematic. That’s a capital J journalism conundrum, even if individual or smaller scale revenue issues can be alleviated with subscriber models.
Great article. This is the fundamental force that's shaping the media. The good news is, it's already changing, it's not a plea, it's an easy prediction now: https://gearhart.substack.com/p/the-future-of-journalism-is-bright-and-paid
Love this.
Keep fighting the good fight! Happy 4th!
Amen!
Pretty much all true. But there’s more to it, and subscriber models even somewhat fix the growing censorship, shadow banning and throttling effects. But associated issues of exposure, promotion, discovery and virality remain unaddressed and equally problematic. That’s a capital J journalism conundrum, even if individual or smaller scale revenue issues can be alleviated with subscriber models.