WhatWouldHulkDo
Level 8 Valued Member
Ugh. Let me grab my cane and hobble up on top of this soapbox over here...
There was a time when journalism had real, monetary value. It was something that people were willing to pay money or attention (to advertisers) for. With that monetization came a trust and responsibility of quality for the producers. A dishonest peddler would quickly vanish in that environment.
Then came them internets. The consumer got conditioned to getting what they want for free. And it now it barely matters if you are producing pure tripe; it became cheap and fast enough to flood the market with free garbage that even the most dishonest (or simply ignorant) peddler can still gather enough pennies from each clickbait piece to survive, and the quality product is outmoded.
The process will continue wherever it can. Music. College. Training advise. Healthcare. Who knows what else. Without a doubt, the best way to rob something of value is to make it free.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to limp off to a cave to die.
There was a time when journalism had real, monetary value. It was something that people were willing to pay money or attention (to advertisers) for. With that monetization came a trust and responsibility of quality for the producers. A dishonest peddler would quickly vanish in that environment.
Then came them internets. The consumer got conditioned to getting what they want for free. And it now it barely matters if you are producing pure tripe; it became cheap and fast enough to flood the market with free garbage that even the most dishonest (or simply ignorant) peddler can still gather enough pennies from each clickbait piece to survive, and the quality product is outmoded.
The process will continue wherever it can. Music. College. Training advise. Healthcare. Who knows what else. Without a doubt, the best way to rob something of value is to make it free.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to limp off to a cave to die.