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   Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:47:06 JST Seasons of Jason

   This makes me sick.

   Hades II's minimum requirements are a dual-core CPU and integrated graphics from 8 years ago! But hey, read these lazily regurgitated marketing bullet points and buy this overpriced $2000 laptop so we can make some money affiliate money.

   I think I need a short break from the internet, y'all.

   https://gamerant.com/best-gaming-laptops-for-hades-ii-dungeon-runs/

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:50:49 JST Seasons of Jason

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     It's just... all of these fucking sites have stopped writing for the CONSUMER, their target audience, and instead they're just writing for themselves. It pisses me off.

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     necrophcodr (necrophcodr@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:54:38 JST necrophcodr

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     @killyourfm not to be all up on eating rich capitalist pigs or anything, but if you need 300k views a month to make a living, i could see how that would drive some people to go the lazy route. not that i approve of that, but could it be a matter of work to profit to burnout ratio going bad?

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 05:00:01 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • necrophcodr

     @necrophcodr It's a fair observation, and I appreciate your decidedly more objective stance (I'm a bit heated up today).

     I can't speak for them, but after roughly 17 years writing for the web at Forbes and elsewhere, I've consistently seen that quality, evergreen content is what makes people come back and gains you a faithful following. Not "empty calorie" content. That's what pushes people to just amend "Reddit" to their searches and...

     I need to get outside.

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     Liam (theplant@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 05:01:48 JST Liam

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     @killyourfm yep, it’s the owners pushing for number of articles to hit SEO

     Similar reason you get the likes of PC Gamer pushing articles with completely opposing narratives, no real direction, just baiting both sides for SEO

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 05:01:48 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Liam

     @ThePlant Oh man, now I'm just depressed :(
     One writer to another, thanks for keeping it real over there at GoL.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 05:02:26 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )

     @portaloffreedom Succinct and soberingly true words.

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     Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 ) (portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 05:02:27 JST Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )

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     @killyourfm
     The algorithm is the client, not the people reading.