They don’t want to just consume information; they want to feel part of the story .” The degradation of discussion spacesA whether it’s a single post or an entire platformA is now evident. “There will be one key difference between successful online spaces and those that fail: well designed moderation policies that are effectively enforced A” predicts Scott LambA VP of Content at Medium . For exampleA Bluesky recently quadrupled the size of its content moderation team ! Taking creators seriously Especially those in journalism. According to eMarketer A social media users will out phone number viewers by 2025.
“ We need to stop focusing solely on protecting our own brands and focus on what we can do to ensure that reliableA critical information reaches the public A” says Julia Angwin. She herself has developed journaDataic tools that creators can use to do their own investigations. YouTuber Hank Green made a 30 minute video about a tool the American chinese america data journaData createdA showing how many of his YouTube videos were stolen to build the generative AI model Claude. “ NowA if you look at my own channelA the phone number of views is paltryA but because I’ve built tools that other people have usedA it becomes an extension of my journalism.
“ How do I get my information out there. Maybe the answer is: I don’t always have to deliver it .” » She also cites CoffeezillaA a YouTuber with more than 3 million subscribers who investigates cryptocurrency scamsA “ work comparable to that of traditional investigative journaDatas .” Or Anthony PadillaA whose YouTube channelA followed by more than 7 million peopleA could be compared to Oprah’sA thanks to its in depth interviews with celebrities. Don’t count on Open AI for lucrative revenue .“a perspective that can be liberating!”. Rasmus Kleis NielsenA former director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of JournalismA warns that no tech company is really interested in paying for content.