phillycard
ASFN Addict
K, what's this "Defector" you speak of? I'm a freelance writer myself (mostly music related) and I'm always looking for gigs. Any chance I might find it worthwhile to look into?Established writers can bring their audiences to pay, but I worry about the next generation of writers and where they’ll find a forum. Defector is a model where I’m happy to pay to access content and they seem to be willing to pay freelancers and sign young writers.
I work in marketing and PR and online sources are happy to print out content for free because they’re desperate for anything. I doubt anyone reads it, especially when Google increases fails to deliver meaningful search results.
That said, SI didn’t fold for structural reasons or because it got woke. It folded because VC ghouls loaded it up with debt it couldn’t possibly service.