I don't think publications have internalised this message.
Amplifying bellends is a business strategy when you're selling clickbait and advertising eyeballs.
But it's a very bad move when you're selling subscriptions.
Gerard Cunningham
I was one of the 20,000 who subscribed to @slate.com when Michael Kinsley made the case for paywall journalism in 1998. They sent me a golf umbrella.
Today’s lead story is by the Bluesky eejit who doubled down prescribing guns and Second Amendment for Belfast self-defense.
Auto-renew is off.
