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Summary: The Web site LinuxToday.com is pushing webspam instead of news picks; it also sells data about visitors (the typical "We value your privacy" lie), so it seems like "monetisation" tactics have taken precedence/priority over readers (or what's left of them anyway; the webspam inevitably drives more of them away)

THE WEB site 'Linux Today' has been around for several decades. It's one of the first of its kind and lately it has been pushing webspam instead of actual stories. This is a familiar pattern, reminiscent of an "exit strategy" or an attempt to "monetise" remaining readers on one's way out.

"The World Wide Web is in a bad state, but Web sites resorting to webspam, misinformation, and pure marketing would only accelerate the Web's doom rather than salvage it with some alternative "business models"..."The video above goes through some of the latest "news" picks and shows that ZDNet's sister sites, as well as ZDNet, probably face an existential crisis themselves. ZDNet, for instance, used to cover "Linux" (usually anti-Linux pieces) about 3 times per day and now it's like 0.5 per day.

The World Wide Web is in a bad state, but Web sites resorting to webspam, misinformation, and pure marketing would only accelerate the Web's doom rather than salvage it with some alternative "business models"... ⬆