Additional evidence shows moderators from specific subreddits force users to misuse web archiving services so as to ideologically target certain news sources by depriving them of traffic and potential ad revenues.
We found the real problem buried in the middle.
They are mad people aren't giving them money for clickbait nonsense and instead found a way to "adblock" full on articles while still taking the information and discussing it.
Its removed the requirement to pay the middlemen even if you remain opposed to them and thereby completely made redundant both the news media and their carefully crafted marketing strategy.
I don't believe that's their real problem. That's the problem it's acceptable to say out loud. Scummy, but people expect scummy. "We don't like archive sites because it deprives us of money" is throwing out one bad answer to cover up an even worse one. The real reason is because archive sites let people prove when they're lying and changing articles after the fact to control information. The ability to have whatever is currently presented as the truth be the only source for anything is a power far more valuable than clicks and ad revenue.
Probably depends on how far up the chain you go which is the more pressing issue.
Also the lack of engagement means lack of appearances through things like algorithms, meaning depriving them of the money has the addon effect of "spreading that truth."
We found the real problem buried in the middle.
They are mad people aren't giving them money for clickbait nonsense and instead found a way to "adblock" full on articles while still taking the information and discussing it.
Its removed the requirement to pay the middlemen even if you remain opposed to them and thereby completely made redundant both the news media and their carefully crafted marketing strategy.
I don't believe that's their real problem. That's the problem it's acceptable to say out loud. Scummy, but people expect scummy. "We don't like archive sites because it deprives us of money" is throwing out one bad answer to cover up an even worse one. The real reason is because archive sites let people prove when they're lying and changing articles after the fact to control information. The ability to have whatever is currently presented as the truth be the only source for anything is a power far more valuable than clicks and ad revenue.
Probably depends on how far up the chain you go which is the more pressing issue.
Also the lack of engagement means lack of appearances through things like algorithms, meaning depriving them of the money has the addon effect of "spreading that truth."