Good fucking riddance. The Internet will be a better place without them.
Vox Media is cutting pay and furloughing 9% of employees
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#32Good fucking riddance. The Internet will be a better place without them.
Uh, why? In what world does reducing the number of media outlets benefit the internet?
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#33The context is interesting: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317812260499456 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317824394653697 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317820800086016 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248318363538837504 The same company that considerably increased the damage the virus did in their country is now in financial difficulty as a result. They mocked people for avoiding handshake…
First tweet: Vox saying face masks aren't the best way to avoid Coronavirus. Actually basically the mainstream view in the US at the time, and still arguable. Note how right now the states aren't mandating masks, they're mandating social isolation. Second tweet: Vox factually reporting the tech industry is eschewing handshakes. Tweet author editorialises that Vox is telling them not to. Third Tweet: Vox factually rep…
About those mask recommendations...
Edit: Surgical masks vs respirators. Any advice omitting the distinction is suboptimal.
Surgical masks are still useless. Best case is they serve as sneeze guards and visual reinforcement.
N95 rated respirators are useful. And in short supply. Since healthcare workers desperately need them and most people don't, their use is currently weakly recommended.
Face shields plus respirators are good. I'm not sure about shields and surgical mask combo.
IMHO, Vox has been superior. Especially in comparison. They have explainers and podcasts dedicated to just coronavirus and COVID-19. Updated frequently. When the truth & reconciliation process starts, Vox is pretty far down the list of belligerents.
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#34I wish they would axe the entire staff! I can't stand their style of "explanatory journalism".
I suggest people reading VOX also read articles on the same subject matter from other sources as well. Its easy to explain when you control what is put out and don't enable comments. Same with John Oliver show. Both have value but take their explanations with a grain or two of salt.
Reading multiple sources is always a good idea, assuming you have the time.
But, can you really blame Vox for not enabling comments? There's a reason Hacker News attempts to minimize political discussions. Vox doesn't have that luxury given the focus of the site.
Less politics-focused Vox Media properties, like The Verge, do have a comments section that's quite active.
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#35Good fucking riddance. The Internet will be a better place without them.
Uh, why? In what world does reducing the number of media outlets benefit the internet?
This world, were many media outlets,and most specially Vox, make their money by rabidly pandering to ideological fanatics, truth or anything close to truth be damned. Vox is nothing but InfoWars for smug hipsters.
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#37The context is interesting: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317812260499456 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317824394653697 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248317820800086016 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248318363538837504 The same company that considerably increased the damage the virus did in their country is now in financial difficulty as a result. They mocked people for avoiding handshake…
It turns out that all those people who write software and run startups do know better than the so-called experts. In tech everyone sounded the alarm way before. The last day I wasn't SiP was the day Google announced Google Next cancellation. And then for the month that followed, all this crap about masks being worthless and now suddenly they aren't.
Turns out a valid epistemological basis becomes more valuable rather than less valuable in a crisis.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
First tweet: Vox saying face masks aren't the best way to avoid Coronavirus. Actually basically the mainstream view in the US at the time, and still arguable. Note how right now the states aren't mandating masks, they're mandating social isolation. Second tweet: Vox factually reporting the tech industry is eschewing handshakes. Tweet author editorialises that Vox is telling them not to. Third Tweet: Vox factually rep…
> Vox saying face masks aren't the best way to avoid Coronavirus. Actually basically the mainstream view in the US at the time It was the mainstream view in the US because the media built the narrative that masks wouldn’t help...
They were reporting what the CDC told them.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suggest people reading VOX also read articles on the same subject matter from other sources as well. Its easy to explain when you control what is put out and don't enable comments. Same with John Oliver show. Both have value but take their explanations with a grain or two of salt.
Reading multiple sources is always a good idea, assuming you have the time. But, can you really blame Vox for not enabling comments? There's a reason Hacker News attempts to minimize political discussions. Vox doesn't have that luxury given the focus of the site. Less politics-focused Vox Media properties, like The Verge, do have a comments section that's quite active.
Vox not allowing comments is certainly reinforcing their bubble. If you're in the political field, you better be ready for the political disagreements and the criticism.
However, I suspect Vox disabled the comment section not because it's hard to manage but because it breaks their narrative and it shows the volume of dissent.
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#40didn't Vox got like $200 million from NBCUniversal? why not ask for another round of funding?
They did raise $200 million from NBCU in 2015. Now probably wouldn't be a great time to try to raise money given that their revenue streams (ads, events, etc.) are under extreme pressure.