Point 4 is often overlooked and I think the biggest issue.
Once there is ANY value exchanged, the user immediately wonders if it is worth it -- and if the payment/token/whatever is sent prior to the pageload, they have no way of knowing.
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Once there is ANY value exchanged, the user immediately wonders if it is worth it -- and if the payment/token/whatever is sent prior to the pageload, they have no way of knowing.
My question -- does anyone actually want it?
Not trying to be mean or dismissive -- but as a founder in the news space, it's an idea I keep encountering, though with little enthusiasm aside from early-stage "thats a great idea" comments.
The First Amendment is specifically intended for this -- because who decides what is an extreme viewpoint? Imagine if a newspaper endorsed the President's opponent in the next election -- could they then be barred from all official events?
They could not be granted access in the first place, but once they are, the government cannot use that access to retaliate.
FYI there's a typo in the link in the README -- points to casci.app instead of cascii.app.
I'm asking how do you quantify the underlying value. As a consumer of news, how am I richer now than I was before reading? And is it possible to put a number on it?
CBS urges FCC to reject complaint over '60 Minutes' Harris interview https://www.forth.news/threads/CM14g5qJY2k92yLkDHSHT
Financial news outlets have long been successful at this -- Bloomberg, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, etc. They are able to build strong businesses with a relatively small audience often because that audience is willing to pay large sums of money for access. (Bloomberg Terminals reportedly cost up to $25k/yr! https://www.bluegamma.io/post/bloomberg-terminal-pricing#:~:...
Still -- how much value do you get from the Washington Post? How much value do you get from knowing about the inner workings of your government? Federal, state, municipal, any of them? Does being a better citizen have a financial incentive? Can you put a price on knowing about the situation in Ukraine, or Gaza, or even the dangerous intersection downtown?
And without that, how do you justify payment for journalism, which itself is expensive? Or is the answer that the payment comes from people who want to push a narrative, or control the conversation? Is there a monetary value to preventing that?
Also, just FYI -- airports don't hire their own ATC; it's all FAA (or the equivalent wherever you are located.)
The Capitol Police Board oversees and supports the United States Capitol Police in its mission and helps to advance coordination between the Department and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in their law enforcement capacities, and the Congress. Consistent with this purpose, the Capitol Police Board establishes general goals and objectives covering its major functions and operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.
The Capitol Police Board consists of the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the U.S. Senate, and the Architect of the Capitol. The Chief of the United States Capitol Police serves in an ex-officio non-voting capacity. The Chairmanship alternates annually between the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms.
(Disclaimer - building a news platform featuring human journalists' reporting - https://www.forth.news)
Some explanation: https://blog.forth.news/a-business-model-for-21st-century-ne...
AI can only do the second half. They need information to write about.
If the money goes away to support the whole enterprise, who actually makes the phone calls?
User research, UX improvements, feature ideation and creation, etc, are all the same as they have always been. Getting the code out faster doesn't help if its in service of a bad feature.
They've since pivoted because they couldn't make it work.