david allen green on Nostr: Yes, local newspapers are essential in so many ways. But it is getting so that life ...
Yes, local newspapers are essential in so many ways.
But it is getting so that life is too short to ever click onto a local news website.
Avoiding the onslaught of adverts is like playing Space Invaders. And working out where the next paragraph of a news item is like Where's Wally.
There must be a more balanced way of supporting local news sites.
The sheer un-usability of so many of the sites now means that the advertisers cannot be benefitting, and so the journalists cannot be benefitting.
But it is getting so that life is too short to ever click onto a local news website.
Avoiding the onslaught of adverts is like playing Space Invaders. And working out where the next paragraph of a news item is like Where's Wally.
There must be a more balanced way of supporting local news sites.
The sheer un-usability of so many of the sites now means that the advertisers cannot be benefitting, and so the journalists cannot be benefitting.