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Written by Randulo.com on 2025-01-23 at 12:20

I have to unfollow those who don't post links without paywalls. One can't subscribe to every site.

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Written by William Robison on 2025-01-23 at 15:12

@randulo there has to be a better way to finance journalism than paywalls. Maybe something like the public broadcast model in the US. Or a single "Universal Subscription" that is metered out based on clicks.

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Written by Randulo.com on 2025-01-23 at 17:13

@William_Robison Well, we saw Post.news fail after a year or less.

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Written by William Robison on 2025-01-23 at 19:20

@randulo Propublica seems to be doing ok, as is mother Jones and I think it's called the Texas Examiner?

You are right it's not easy, neither is it for legacy media.

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Written by Randulo.com on 2025-01-24 at 07:05

@William_Robison Yes and there's also 404

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