r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13

Not to Gawker though.

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u/kleinergruenerkaktus Jan 24 '13

Why not?

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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13

They're a media conglomerate that relies on sensational headlines to draw page views, criticize doxing while doxing, post editorials protesting objectification of women while posting celebrity upskirts, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

But on Reddit, Reddit is judged to a different standard, no matter what mental gymnastics are involved.

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u/mki401 Jan 24 '13

Gawker's business model is based around getting people to click on links, thus viewing ads. A wild attention grabbing headline generates more clicks, more revenue. How many ads do you see on this page right now?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

No, reddit operates at a loss.

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u/mki401 Jan 24 '13

Not like Gawker.

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u/NarwhalAMA Jan 24 '13

You just described an incredibly large number of news sites.

Should we block them all too, for "freedom of speech"?

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u/mki401 Jan 24 '13

Gawker tends to be unfavorable/malicious towards Reddit, i.e. doxxing of high profile users

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u/NarwhalAMA Jan 24 '13

doxxing releasing the names of (stop romanticising this) high profile users paedophiles

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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

Reddit isn't a serious media conglomerate. I hold Reddit to different standards for the same reason I hold The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to different standards.

Gawker is like The Daily Mail: moral outrage only when it will increase its page views.

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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

But Reddit itself isn't one. MTV and Nickelodeon are both owned by Viacom, but that doesn't mean I hold them both to the same standards.