A reminder that today and tomorrow (Thurs/Fri) #Guardian & #Observer journalists are on strike and you most definitely should avoid using The Guardian website in solidarity.

#ObserverSale #Tortoise #Journalism #Media #Unions

The people are being consumed by the so called "free" entertainment.

But it is not "free". It is dumb and trade-based. TikTok, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and so forth mandate that you give them your data and attention (watch ads) in order to use their platforms. In return they give you access to a ton of dumbed down content.

Trading stupidity is much easier than trading well made content. Therefore stupidity evolves faster in a trade-based society.

To make a good researched video can take months, to make a dumbed down one can take minutes. To write a good book about real and important things, and research for it, takes months or years. To write bullshit fictional stories takes a lot less. Music, movies, articles, they are all under the influence of trade, allowing simplistic content to thrive while good one to barely breath.

It is this trade based society to be blamed for the vast majority of the destruction, suffering and idiocy we see worldwide.

#trade #TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #money #media #journalism

Hey media, yes you. You know the word "impartial"? Delete it from your dictionary right now. You don't need it.

Your job is not to have "no side", your job has side. It is to be firmly and unwaveringly on the side of truth and the interests of the people, especially the disadvantaged, against the powers that would own them.

If you keep on with this pseudo-scientific "outside observer" bullshit we shall have to think that you have a side and just don't want to say what it is. 🤨

#media

Like the Titan submarine implosion, the Bayesian yacht sinking, is getting a lot more coverage than the frequent sinking & deaths of migrants on small boats around the world.

This is not to minimise the tragedies that have befallen the families in both these accidents, but reveals the normalisation (and therefore lack of newsworthiness) of migrant deaths at sea around the world.... these deaths get some coverage, sometimes, but then the media usually swiftly moves on.

#migrants #media

Over the past few years, Spotify spent big to try to take over podcasting. Now it’s shutting down shows, laying off workers, and disappearing well-known brands. What happened?

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Eric Silver about Spotify’s big plan to enclose podcasts so it could get more data and diversify away from music. Needless to say, it didn’t work.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/204_how_spotify_tried_to_take_over_podcasting_w_eric_silver

#tech #podcast #spotify #audio #media

This is a spectacularly good analysis of why traffic referrals from social media have fallen off a cliff and what it means for publishers. This all comes out of what @pluralistic calls the enshittification of publishing, social media, and ads. People are tired of and overwhelmed by clickbait journalism. The answer, of course, is to provide actually good content, and present it well.

#content #journalism #media #SocialMedia

https://baekdal.com/strategy/the-future-trend-around-not-having-social-traffic-at-scale/84077F55DCCD4F3C875B8449020AD4F2BA4469560BCD0BE15EE758EC2010D078

it's a shame this instance defederates most of us because this one is particularly cunty
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Taylor Lorenz

2022-11-05 04:05:16

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