Poor Kids of Silicon Valley
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Poor Kids of Silicon Valley
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Re: Poor Kids of Silicon Valley
#2Didn't read due to ridiculous web design. I don't think I should have to click between every sentence, nor should I be subjected to a non-standard user interface.
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#3there's no way the median HH income in san mateo county is 88k
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#4Good content, but seriously who signed off on actually presenting this content the way it is presented? Seems like a high school multimedia class project.
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#5Didn't read due to ridiculous web design. I don't think I should have to click between every sentence, nor should I be subjected to a non-standard user interface.
I guess you aren't terribly familiar with slide shows.
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#6Good content, but seriously who signed off on actually presenting this content the way it is presented? Seems like a high school multimedia class project.
I was almost going to bail on the site because I couldnt scroll through it, NOR use my arrow-keys, ugh, horrible UX.
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#7How can people of moderate (Silicon Valley) means help?
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#8Good content, but seriously who signed off on actually presenting this content the way it is presented? Seems like a high school multimedia class project.
My guess is that the author, who is a journalist, wanted to distance himself or herself from the content and not be associated with it; making it multimedia puts him or her among the technocrats while allowing them to write whatever they want. It also has the (actual) effect of being more engaging for decision makers. (So much so that it leads with a note saying it's only the author's opinion, not cnn's.)
probably many people here would not have read through a straight article with the same information. It's also more engaging and real - e.g. the video stories.
Edit: also the whole article is about the contrast with silicon valley. so having a new app-y interface to play with every second of the reading puts that contrast especially starkly. it certainly worked on me. (if I had read the same article in sfgate in the usual article format I dont think it would have had the same effect.)
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#9Good content, but seriously who signed off on actually presenting this content the way it is presented? Seems like a high school multimedia class project.
I was almost going to bail on the site because I couldnt scroll through it, NOR use my arrow-keys, ugh, horrible UX.
Arrow keys worked fine for me
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#10It skips some important points. The cost of living is high due to zoning laws and a lack of building. Subsidizing families' rent will just make existing landlords richer. It would just drive rents up further. What is needed to get fewer people bidding on the same unit. If landlords are finding <1 suitable tenants per vacancy then suddenly it becomes a renter's market.