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At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by occamofsandwich »

ravenstine wrote: post #20
incomingpain wrote: post #10

You want to be associated with toxic waste IP? Why? You're not going to attract any of the audience. You likely could have just chose a new name and built whatever you want to do with this.

No offense, but the humor of it has gone right over your head. Building an InfoWars clone isn't nearly as funny as acquiring the real one just to mock it.

I guess.. But renting a 4th reich site seems far darker than they might be used to and likely to make them the butt of the joke when Hitler's testtube clone gets elected from it in 35 years.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by gegtik »

busterarm wrote: post #36
mattkrause wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Onion has been around since 1988, so...decent staying power.

And hasn't had any cultural relevance aside from this stunt for just about the last decade. It's like saying that National Lampoon is still relevant.

do you have a rubric to share for qualifying for cultural relevance?

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by jimt1234 »

jmward01 wrote: post #6

So they are now setting the content on infowars.com? Honestly, I can't tell since everything on that site looks so fake it isn't believable. The onion transition may be hard to detect.

I visited with my family in rural Missouri recently. Alex Jones and InfoWars is gospel to them. I was amazed at how many times cited him as an authority on various topics. I thought they were joking, but apparently, Obama made a promise with his father before his passing that he would destroy the United States. Oh, and of course, Obama is Satan, and Trump was sent by God to protect us all. Of course.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by darrenf »

mrhottakes wrote: post #38
incomingpain wrote: post #10

You want to be associated with toxic waste IP? Why? You're not going to attract any of the audience. You likely could have just chose a new name and built whatever you want to do with this.

they should make a clone with a cooler theme and call it KnowledgeBattles.org

Knowledge Fight podcast already took the “synonym name” route. https://knowledgefight.com/

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by CobrastanJorji »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #15
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's still not as bad as the actual InfoWars, which if I recall was selling "Alex Jones Natural" supplements, which were mostly just stuff like regular iodine tablets with a massive market and a cool name like "Survival Shield X-2."

Maybe that could help fund The Onion. Why should the rich on the right have a monopoly on swindling the poor on the right with fake supplements?

That assholes are kicking rubes is not a good reason for you to kick rubes.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by mattkrause »

gegtik wrote: post #42
busterarm wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And hasn't had any cultural relevance aside from this stunt for just about the last decade. It's like saying that National Lampoon is still relevant.

do you have a rubric to share for qualifying for cultural relevance?

65,000 print subscribers (on par with the Boston Globe!) and 300% revenue growth last year suggests they're doing okay.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91502944/the-onion-most-innovati...

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by onychomys »

busterarm wrote: post #36
mattkrause wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Onion has been around since 1988, so...decent staying power.

And hasn't had any cultural relevance aside from this stunt for just about the last decade. It's like saying that National Lampoon is still relevant.

They have a larger audience for their print version than the Boston Globe. It's the 12th largest paper by circulation in the country!

https://www.fastcompany.com/91502944/the-onion-most-innovati...

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