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Mon. 08/23 - Critics Hate Them! Netflix's UNBELIEVABLE Clickbait Strategies
Netflix is leaning into the clickbait game that soured online journalism ten years ago. Could this strategy affect the film industry overall, and has it been played before? Plus, how community members in Marseille took over a McDonald’s and turned it into a mutual aid center. And Facebook has released another transparency report, and it doesn’t make them look any better.
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Links:
Netflix Top 10: The streaming service's clickbait problem threatens to ruin it. (Slate)
Why Netflix Features Black Actors in Promos to Black Users (Wired)
Artwork Personalization at Netflix (Netflix TechBlog)
Blockbuster thread (C. A. Funderburg, Twitter)
Unhappy Little Trees: The Dark Legacy of Bob Ross (Vanity Fair)
Lovin it: How a group of Marseille workers seized a McDonald's and turned it into a foodbank (gal-dem)
McDonald's In Marseille Turned Into Food Base To Help Needy (Forbes)
Facebook releases Q1 'widely viewed content' report following criticism (Engadget)
Aug 20: Why Facebook Shelved an Earlier Report on Popular Posts (NY Times)
Q1Content Transparency Report VO (US) - internal copy (NY Times) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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By Cool Stuff Daily
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Netflix is leaning into the clickbait game that soured online journalism ten years ago. Could this strategy affect the film industry overall, and has it been played before? Plus, how community members in Marseille took over a McDonald’s and turned it into a mutual aid center. And Facebook has released another transparency report, and it doesn’t make them look any better.
Sponsor:
- Upstart, upstart.com/kottke
Links:
Netflix Top 10: The streaming service's clickbait problem threatens to ruin it. (Slate)
Why Netflix Features Black Actors in Promos to Black Users (Wired)
Artwork Personalization at Netflix (Netflix TechBlog)
Blockbuster thread (C. A. Funderburg, Twitter)
Unhappy Little Trees: The Dark Legacy of Bob Ross (Vanity Fair)
Lovin it: How a group of Marseille workers seized a McDonald's and turned it into a foodbank (gal-dem)
McDonald's In Marseille Turned Into Food Base To Help Needy (Forbes)
Facebook releases Q1 'widely viewed content' report following criticism (Engadget)
Aug 20: Why Facebook Shelved an Earlier Report on Popular Posts (NY Times)
Q1Content Transparency Report VO (US) - internal copy (NY Times) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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