Journalists paid by "likes"
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Journalists paid by "likes"
Telegraph is considering linking journalists pay to the popularity of their articles.
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
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Assessing the value of article-writers' careers according to easily gamed engagement metrics?! Disgraceful. Who do they think they are, academics?FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:28 pmTelegraph is considering linking journalists pay to the popularity of their articles.
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
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Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
OK BoaF, you made me laugh thereBird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:59 pmAssessing the value of article-writers' careers according to easily gamed engagement metrics?! Disgraceful. Who do they think they are, academics?FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:28 pmTelegraph is considering linking journalists pay to the popularity of their articles.
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
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Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
Arf, that's a good oneBird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:59 pmAssessing the value of article-writers' careers according to easily gamed engagement metrics?! Disgraceful. Who do they think they are, academics?FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:28 pmTelegraph is considering linking journalists pay to the popularity of their articles.
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
Hasn't it always been like that, but mediated by circulation figures, market surveys and all that sort of analogue age stuff?FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:28 pmTelegraph is considering linking journalists pay to the popularity of their articles.
I can't see any unforeseen outcomes, especially in the current political climate...
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Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
Not sure on the detail, but I thought before it was less directly linked. Before, popular journos/writers could negotiate better pay, now the link is being more directly and rapidly made. It's now being fed steroids.
Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
Similar to a theatre company I know of that only offers auditions to people that have more than 10,000 followers on social media. Bobbins.
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They're all probably already doing something not too far from this, with page impressions on websites. But meditated by common* sense of editors etc.
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You can buy 10,000 social media followers for a few quid, so that's a really stupid way of making theatre more elitist without actually filtering candidates usefully.
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Yyyyup. Also, why would even having 10,000 legit followers make someone a suitable/talented candidate?Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:21 pmYou can buy 10,000 social media followers for a few quid, so that's a really stupid way of making theatre more elitist without actually filtering candidates usefully.
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Re: Journalists paid by "likes"
I mean, the first thing I do after watching a good play is follow all the cast members on Instagram. Doesn't everyone?headshot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:57 pmYyyyup. Also, why would even having 10,000 legit followers make someone a suitable/talented candidate?Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:21 pmYou can buy 10,000 social media followers for a few quid, so that's a really stupid way of making theatre more elitist without actually filtering candidates usefully.
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On the unsupportable assumption that those 10,000 followers are real, I guess it makes your advertising strategy somewhat easier. A cast of ten gives you a list of several tens of thousands (assuming a lot of duplicates) of followers interested in seeing as least one cast member perform.headshot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:57 pmYyyyup. Also, why would even having 10,000 legit followers make someone a suitable/talented candidate?Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:21 pmYou can buy 10,000 social media followers for a few quid, so that's a really stupid way of making theatre more elitist without actually filtering candidates usefully.