BuzzFeed Journos Told to Write More CLICKBAIT to Save Their Jobs?!…

….	Date: March 16, 2023 01) LINK “BuzzFeed’s newsroom is being told to crank out more clickbait… er… timely content to being in more ad revenue. This with a staff that’s down 40% since last year. Don’t worry, ChatGPT will finish off the newsroom soon enough. The hits just keep on coming for BuzzFeed, which has ALL of its money sunk into SVB and whose stock has lost 90% of its value since going public.” ===	….
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Sensitivity Readers RUINED Dungeons & Dragons and Children’s Books…

….	Date: March 16, 2023 01) LINK “The media is defending sensitivity readers, who are being blamed for censoring Roald Dahl’s children’s books and tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons. Because… they ARE. So is this a real job, or what? And shouldn’t companies be more concerned about retaining their customers and readers than offending a handful of perpetually angry people on Twitter?” For the life of me…I will never understand how it is…that overly sensitive readers would flock to something like D&D… …The whole premise of that world, is unapologetic savagery…It’s entirely contrary to sensitivity. Okay…fine…Moments of kindness and love are also present…The D&D world is more complex than pure savagery…but you know what I mean…right? I don’t know why highly sensitive people would even want, to submerge themselves into that sort of thing…It strikes me as highly contrary to their own nature. ===	….
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapses. Wokeness Blamed…

….	Date: March 16, 2023 01) LINK “Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and some on the right are blaming DEI, ESG, and ‘wokeness’ for that collapse. Leftwing media outlets deny this is the case, of course, but it is getting harder to deny that hiring people based on anything other than meritocracy may have disastrous financial consequences.” ===	….
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Facebook Axes 10,000 More Employees as Silicon Valley CRASH Continues!…

….	Date: March 15, 2023 01) LINK “Mark Zuckerberg announced that 10,000 more Meta and Facebook employees are getting the axe as part of their “year of efficiency.” What he’s absolutely correct in stating was that the the current economic climate in tech could last for YEARS. The free rides are over. The bubble has burst.” ===	….
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BuzzFeed Bubble BURSTS! Silicon Valley Bank Had ALL Their Cash?!…

….	Date: March 15, 2023 01) LINK “BuzzFeed is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year. Not only is their stock dropping off a cliff, not only is their revenue WAY down, but they had almost all their cash parked in Silicon Valley Bank. OOF. But hey, maybe that Facebook / AI content deal will see them through? Quit giggling.” ===	….
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Hogwarts Legacy is SAFE Now?! Never Forget the Drama!…

….	Date: March 14, 2023 01) LINK “It’s apparently very safe to write objective articles about Hogwarts Legacy now, without fear of cancellation. But let’s never forget the harassment that people were subjected to leading up to its release. People were literally fired from their jobs for being associated with the game or publicly stating that they were looking forward to it. Don’t let this get swept under the rug.” I’m glad the game is doing so well. ===	….
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The Media Wants Twitter GONE…

….	Date: March 14, 2023 01) LINK “The media wants Twitter GONE, because of Elon Musk. Or something. And many, many articles are now being written about how Twitter is “dying” like Tumblr and LiveJournal before it. Meanwhile, Facebook is working on a Twitter competitor. No, ANOTHER Twitter competitor.” I think it would be okay, if we actually saw any progress on that committee to restore falsely targeted accounts. That would at least establish a good faith effort on the part of Elon, that he is serious about dealing with the mess created by past twitter admin. If Elon keeps dragging his feet…If twitter keeps being run like this…If they keep ignoring, or even keep in place this critical problem of targeting and censoring… …Then it will be no great loss, when twitter goes down in flames. …It’s sad so many people conspire to fuck up a [once] really good thing…while so many other people don’t even give a shit, so long as it doesn’t infringe on them. ===	….
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WotC Buys Off DnD Influencers?! Dungeons & Dragons Summit SPLITS the TTRPG Community!…

….	Date: March 13, 2023 01) LINK “Wizards of the Coast is inviting certain Dungeons & Dragons “influencers” to an impromptu summit at WotC HQ. The purpose, of course, is to do damage control after the OGL 1.1 catastrophe and also prep the “community” for whatever One D&D is going to bring. Of course, DnD Twitter is eating itself alive over this…” ===	….
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Silicon Valley Bank COLLAPSES! Digital Media is DOOMED?!…

….	Date: March 12, 2023 01) LINK “The Silicon Valley Bank has failed, the second worst bank run in U.S. history has occurred and now many tech and media companies are left without a way to pay their employees. But hey, this is fine. We talk about the bank crash and how this will DESTROY a lot of already hurting digital media outlets. Will Buzzfeed, Vice, Vox and so many others be down for the count?” ===	….
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J.K. Rowling Won. Deal With It…

….	Date: March 11, 2023 01) LINK “Hogwarts Legacy’s success has GUARANTEED more Harry Potter and Wizarding World media for years to come. In fact, Hogwarts Legacy sales have almost overtaken Elden Ring’s… and it hasn’t even hit PS4 or Switch yet. The sales spike was DRIVEN in part by the juiced up outrage by gaming journalists and social media. So in a round about way, activists actually HELPED Rowling and co. pull the franchise out of the tailspin that was Fantastic Beasts. Congratulations?” ===	….
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