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Re: Vice website is shutting down

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It makes no sense to not let the site online in an archived form, for the posterity

It wouldn't even be a significant cost and ads would recoup it anyway

There should be a way to donate a website to the Internet Archive so that they run an online archive on it, basically keeping the site frozen forever (rather than relying on the Wayback Machine which has worse UX)

Re: Vice website is shutting down

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Isn't one of the founders of VICE a founder of the Proud Boys? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-secret-history-o...

Yeah, but, he changed . . .

    In the 1990s, McInnes was hardly a far-right menace.

    He was a tree-planting vegetarian, a druggy anarchist, and a self-described “dogmatic feminist.” Some people who knew him then still regard him as one of the funniest people they’ve ever met. He counted comedians such as David Cross and Sarah Silverman as friends, both of whom contributed articles to Vice.

    [ ... ] But over time McInnes accelerated his drift to the political fringe.

Re: Vice website is shutting down

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Why are they still hiring? https://vice.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vice_External_Caree...

Vice isn't going out of business. Did you even read the title?

The title is "Vice website is shutting down", and this job page refers to vice.com. It's the screenshotted text that says they will "transition to a studio model" and still exist, but no longer publish on vice.com. It also says they will be eliminating several hundred positions, so the hiring question seems appropriate.

Re: Vice website is shutting down

#29

It makes no sense to not let the site online in an archived form, for the posterity It wouldn't even be a significant cost and ads would recoup it anyway There should be a way to donate a website to the Internet Archive so that they run an online archive on it, basically keeping the site frozen forever (rather than relying on the Wayback Machine which has worse UX)

Who said they are not letting the site stay online?

Re: Vice website is shutting down

#30
Once they got funding and on HBO they rested on their behinds, spent too much money, wasted effort on bullshit while neglecting hard journalism, and believed they "arrived."

Paper billionaires checked out, some sold out, and their value slowly went to zero because the owners failed to insist on leadership and culture continuity.

Sad af and a total waste.

Never get complacent.

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