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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

One of the indicators of how the new owners of where I used to work had changed the site into an affiliate link farm was when I was pulled into writing these. Not in my usual form of 'watch out for scams' but 'LOOK AT THESE DEALS'. I didn't care for it. They laid off the whole UK team months later.

and if you complain or show any integrity you'll just get replaced with half-cooked AI

Funny you should mention that... I will make clear at this point, I was not a source for this! But this story broke weeks before the mass lay-offs of senior staff. Funny that... futurism.com/cnet-ai-arti...

it's clear all of the folks in charge just want to create this lazy badly automated ouroboros that shits ad engagement cash, and they couldn't care less about labor, audience, brand degradation, or whether any of this is a good idea

If I recall correctly, Red Ventures went onto sell the sites at a massive loss. But with another recent round of lay-offs, it doesn't sound like things have improved. And all for what, eh? 🫠