When Wikipedia was little (when I started in early 2004, we were #500 in the world. I was seriously<\/i> impressed), and I was just someone who volunteered to answer a UK press enquiry then another one, we were in the technical press a lot.<\/p>\n
The trouble with the technical press is that they are whores. Cheap diseased ones. (The press in general arguably is, but the tech press are so blatant<\/i>.) Previously whores to print advertisers, now whores to ad-banner trolling. So unsubstantiable bullshit is the order of the day, because IT GETS THE CLICKS.<\/p>\n
Some of you aren’t whores, but you know damn well you’re few and far between. The rest can fuck off, thanks.<\/p>\n
Wikipedia should have ignored<\/i> the tech press from the start. You should too. Taking someone seriously just because they pay you attention is not a good idea.<\/p>\n
It’s so much nicer dealing with the mainstream press — at least they can spell “journalism.” They can’t work computers, but anything you can’t explain in a difficult-to-corrupt soundbite you can’t explain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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