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From one of today's posts, I rather gather that Gary is a NeverTrump guy. It's his blog, of course, and he can say what he wants, but I don't read View from the Wing for its politics.
Others might like that stuff. Personally, I like the airplanes and the travel. That's it. |
Originally Posted by FallenPlat
(Post 26513254)
...but I don't read View from the Wing for its politics.
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Originally Posted by FallenPlat
(Post 26513254)
From one of today's posts, I rather gather that Gary is a NeverTrump guy. It's his blog, of course, and he can say what he wants, but I don't read View from the Wing for its politics.
Others might like that stuff. Personally, I like the airplanes and the travel. That's it. |
Originally Posted by kokonutz
(Post 26513853)
He's an avowed Koch-ian 'libertarian.'
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Originally Posted by chad75
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All power to the free market! Well, except for dynamic pricing of award bookings of course.
On a separate topic, I saw this and thought of VFTW: https://www.theinformation.com/escap...edia-crap-trap Digital media companies are caught in the "crap trap," mass-producing trashy clickbait so they can claim huge audiences and often higher valuations. Here is how they fell into this lethal trap: They got into the content game to produce news or info they might be proud of, believing they could lure us to read it and maybe even pay for it. They quickly realized it's expensive to produce quality content and hard to get a lot of people to click on it, much less pay for it. So they deluded themselves that the better play was to go for the biggest audience possible, using stupid web tricks to draw them in. These include misleading but clicky headlines, feel-good lists, sexy photos and exploding watermelons. And it appeared to work. Traffic spiked. Costs were contained. But revenue never followed because everyone else was doing the same tricks and getting the same spikes—and the simple law of supply and demand drove down the value of their inventory. This dynamic helps explain why Mashable recently laid off so many journalists, BuzzFeed saw its growth miss the mark and many media companies and investors are freaked out. Here's the good news: This era is getting flushed away. Some companies feel self-conscious about the trash they are producing. Many others realize it's simply not a good business model. But the savviest ones see a very cool reason to change: A content revolution is picking up speed, promising a profitable future for companies that can lock down loyal audiences, especially those built around higher-quality content. |
Originally Posted by kokonutz
(Post 26515832)
A content revolution is picking up speed, promising a profitable future for companies that can lock down loyal audiences, especially those built around higher-quality content.
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I've got to say, as the signal to noise ratio on this blog gets lower and lower, I'm soon to put it in the pile with TPG and MMS and FTG - all are gone from my Feedly, and even if I do a Google search and get a hit on one of those sites, I won't bother.
Gary seems to be just posting random thoughts these days. But I guess I do still get a little guilty pleasure reading about things as inane as the coffee filter scenario and how much nonsense he read into that situation. He's like a community college English teacher. |
Yes, thanks for the reminder on the libertarian thing. I had forgotten.
I guess what really annoys me, as already noted immediately above, is the steadily deteriorating signal-to-noise ratio. I still tune in, but there sure is a lot of static -- and I don't just mean the click-bait titles either. The quality is still there. That's why I read. You just have to look harder for it. |
I'd much rather be known and respected by few than known by many without their respect.
I reckon (possibly first time I've ever used that word) Gary doesn't feel the same |
His response to TPG getting the AMEX Black Card has been fantastic
Post 1: I agree AMEX Black is garbage and I had to write a post evaluating it even though I don't have one because TPG got one so everyone must know my thoughts Post 2 (today): Well maybe there is value for a few people but I still conclude it's a terrible card (translation: I don't have an affiliate link for it so not going to push it) I'm not sure why VFTW felt the need to provide his own commentary on TPG getting the AMEX Black Card though... |
Originally Posted by Duke787
(Post 26520700)
His response to TPG getting the AMEX Black Card has been fantastic
Post 1: I agree AMEX Black is garbage and I had to write a post evaluating it even though I don't have one because TPG got one so everyone must know my thoughts Post 2 (today): Well maybe there is value for a few people but I still conclude it's a terrible card (translation: I don't have an affiliate link for it so not going to push it) I'm not sure why VFTW felt the need to provide his own commentary on TPG getting the AMEX Black Card though... It's tough being a thought leader. |
He wrote the entire blog post "This Hyatt Wants to Help You Have Sex" basically just because this Hyatt used the word "trysts" in their promo.
If that isn't just garbage content just for the sake of content, I don't know what is. It's one level above the bots that add spam comments. |
Originally Posted by josephstern
(Post 26521161)
He wrote the entire blog post "This Hyatt Wants to Help You Have Sex" basically just because this Hyatt used the word "trysts" in their promo.
If that isn't just garbage content just for the sake of content, I don't know what is. It's one level above the bots that add spam comments. |
Originally Posted by josephstern
(Post 26521161)
He wrote the entire blog post "This Hyatt Wants to Help You Have Sex" basically just because this Hyatt used the word "trysts" in their promo.
If that isn't just garbage content just for the sake of content, I don't know what is. It's one level above the bots that add spam comments. |
Let's examine this latest "completely random and throwaway article that probably doesn't even belong in one of those clickbait spam lists"
http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....omment-page-1/ |
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