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...ution.” I would encourage Democrats concerned about the future of their party to read a recent New Yorker article about a podcast produced by a group of anti-capitalist Brooklyn Twitter personalities that has become quite popular among young, politically conscious millennials. Christening themselves the “Dirtbag Left,” the hosts of Chapo Trap House epitomize last year’s “Bernie Bro” phenomenon in that they are aggressively masculine-to-the-point-of-misogynistic leftists wh... A Warning to Jewish Democrats: The Time to Fight for Your Party Is Now – Tablet Magazine

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...hom Sanders and his acolytes want to expel in their “revolution.” I would encourage Democrats concerned about the future of their party to read a recent New Yorker article about a podcast produced by a group of anti-capitalist Brooklyn Twitter personalities that has become quite popular among young, politically conscious millennials. Christening themselves the “Dirtbag Left,” the hosts of Chapo Trap House epitomize last year’s “Bernie Bro” phenomenon in... A Warning to Jewish Democrats: The Time to Fight for Your Party Is Now – Tablet Magazine

This description, holy shit, I can’t stop reading it

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Barack Obama's farewell speech in full: annotated Barack Obama's farewell speech in full: annotated | US news | The Guardian

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In certain circles, especially among binge drinkers, individuals have been known to "take a mulligan" in regards to their actions while drinking.[citation needed] Mulligan (games) - Wikipedia

great contribution to wikipedia

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...ink of a grand celebration: the inauguration of a brilliant and charismatic black president of the United States of America. Today we are on the edge of an abyss: the installation of a mendacious and cathartic white president who will replace him. Pity the sad legacy of Barack Obama | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian

This is a nuanced choice of adjective to go alongside “mendacious”. Catharsis is, of course, what comes at the end of a great tragedy (per Aristotle). According to David Remnick in The New Yorker, the tragedy was Trump’s election.

At the time I had some sympathy for Remnick’s portrayal, but West looks much deeper, and uncovers the true tragedy that happened before: the grave inequality in American society, and the nonchalance with which the Democratic party treated it.

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It is too soon to say exactly what this will look like. This strategy is more focused but also less proven. It will require time to get it right, as well as some different skills. Which is why we are taking these steps today and saying goodbye to many tal... Renewing Medium’s focus

Saw this one coming

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Well, to be fair, knowing that there’s a problem that needs to be corrected is the first major step towards correcting said problem.

If you do nothing beyond that, you’re stuck with a problem that someone else must invariably solve.

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... one that allowed anyone to offer their stories and ideas to the world and that helped the great ones rise to the top. In 2016, we made big investments in teams and technology aimed at attracting and migrating commercial publishers to Medium. And in order to get these publishers paid, we built out and started selling our first ad products. This strategy worked in terms of driving growth, as well as improving the volume and consistency of ... Renewing Medium’s focus

A bold play, indeed. Those commercial publishers, tho, ceased to be publishers and became bloggers instead when their content was hosted on the Medium, which whitewashes, almost literally, the look and feel of a publication.

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We set out to build a better publishing platform — one that allowed anyone to offer their stories and ideas to the world and that helped the great ones rise to the top. In 2016, we made big investments in teams and technology aimed at attracting and migrating commercial publishers to Medium. And in order to get these publishers paid, we built out and started selling... Renewing Medium’s focus

If a platform think it can make the great ones rise to the top, then the great ones will not rise to the top of said platform

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Preach, brother. I never went to Medium to get the best of Medium. I went to Medium because someone else pointed me to Medium from another unrelated avenue.

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The problem, as we saw it, was that the incentives driving the creation and spread of content were not serving the people consuming it or creating it — or society as a whole. As I wrote at the time, “The current system causes increasing amounts of misinformation…and pressure to put out more content more cheaply — depth, originality, or quality be damned. It’s unsustainable and unsatisfying for producers and consumers alike….We need a new model.” Renewing Medium’s focus

Well, as far as I can see it ( and I’m neither an economist nor the CEO of an online publishing platform), the current system is capitalism. Late capitalism if you’re a Jamesonian. It’s proven pretty invincible so far (see maybe Žižek’s ideas about it having constant mini-revolutions) and I’m not sure a platform like Medium can change that.

Reading further into this post, there doesn’t seem to be a lot about how to make money from quality over quantity, which Medium presumably needs to do.

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...n Medium — from world-famous leaders to unknown individuals — on a daily basis. We’re proud of Medium’s role in promoting intelligent viewpoints and new ideas no matter who they’re from, becoming the default outlet for thoughtful people who have something to say about the world. Renewing Medium’s focus

What a hideous phrase

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