cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
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blockchain fixes this
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where is that map from. it's quite helpful as an illustration!
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could you send me a link if you see it again on reels! it's hard for me to see what pops up on insta bc mine is so determined to send me reels of like golf stuff :/
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personally i think there's a lot of focus on that too!
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(sidenote: is there a good thread of people from LA just posting photos showing how regular and calm things are in the vast majority of the city?)
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anyhow it sure is pretty interesting what's deemed as civil and non-violent and what is a lawless hellscape
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no worries. i will happily drink the shitwater too!
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i was just having a lil shitpost as a treat
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also lol to thinking the dems biggest problem is that they're engaging too much on this website
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building on that, i argue that the Trump-Musk feud is not so much a distraction as it is evidence of a societal tendency toward abstraction, even obfuscation. A cage match is easier to watch than a discussion about who deserves benefits and resources.
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exactly!
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building on that, i argue that the Trump-Musk feud is not so much a distraction as it is evidence of a societal tendency toward abstraction, even obfuscation. A cage match is easier to watch than a discussion about who deserves benefits and resources.
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the true text of all of this here is the great 'internet of beefs essay' which (as i read it) argues that our perma-feuding is a consequence of a societal rot of sorts www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/t...
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apologies - will be sure to use easier words for you next time!
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(you should read this story btw, what a nightmare)
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I will say, this is one good thing about subscription models over a 'it's all free and we're relying on CPM ad rates for revenue!' built in audiences and reliable discovery (inboxes are especially good for this) allow for more nuance/less chasing audience
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i guess what im saying is if you've had, say, 15 years of staring at online metrics...you can get extremely cynical about what people say they want and what they will read. i think news orgs should strive to be above that always but it doesn't change that the dynamic is there
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journalists have a responsibility to the truth & to not giving in to clickbaiting tendencies or retreating into vaguery to the point of obscuring the facts w/ headlines. what sucks is how all of this can come into tension online w/ a real desire to have your work reach people who'll read it in full
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as a writer, i find this to be a nightmare. i've had pieces that are complicated, fought for the worse-testing, responsible, nuanced headline, won, and then watched the piece languish because it didn't catch anyone's attention. this has happened at times throughout my whole career.
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which isn't to say there isn't a real responsibility for them — they are the atomic unit of news online & a primary way to shape a perception of a story (which is a bummer but it is what it is). it is just a really inconvenient thing that, frequently (not always!) nuanced headlines reach fewer ppl
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you forgot the exclamation point!
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i assure you i am working to come up with a blockchain based strategy that can solve all of this