This is probably the closest thing to actual journalism I've ever done.
You know the "creator-owned" streaming service Nebula? The one that content creators frequently refer to as "my streaming service Nebula" when advertising it?
Something about that always felt off to me so I did some digging to find the actual ownership structure of the company.
https://medium.com/@cameron-paul/who-actually-owns-nebula-952a1c12d9c0
what if sisyphus got a coin every time he rolled the boulder up the hill and then he could spend his coins in the shop to level up his pushing ability but each time he leveled up the boulder also got heavier so the challenge remains the same despite feeling like progression has been made. and what if he was able to unlock sisyphus minions that could roll the boulder up the hill while he was away. also every time he starts a new roll an ad plays. and also he can choose to watch an ad every time he drops the boulder to receive 2x coins for that round. and also you can buy fun skins for the boulder through microtransactions
Please don't ask children to 'get into pairs (or groups)', without grouping them yourself or setting ground rules to include everyone.
This is traumatising each time, to the rejected or invisible children who get left out.
I made a gif to post on bluesky because I thought I saw people over there saying they had video uploads working now but it did not work and so you all get to have this fine gif of inventory items zipping around.
cohost shutdown
January 1, 2025: we will set cohost.org to redirect to the wayback machine to prevent link rot. this is something we will be paying for out of pocket since ASSC will no longer be an operating concern, but itβs max $100 per year total so itβs fine.I appreciate this, and wish more websites would make such arrangements before shutting down.
This is actually the OPPOSITE of doomposting but:
Don't let Cohost make you think that better things aren't possible online. Cohost actually had a better conversion rate than most websites by FAR. People WERE in fact willing to pay for a site that doesn't try to trick them into watching ads or engaging for clicks. They just had a poor business plan. But I've seen posts like "guess nobody's willing to pay to not be the product..." and that's not what happened here at all, people were in fact willing to pay, heck some people were buying extra subscriptions (which functionally did nothing) just to pay MORE.