December's 'Top' Posts (by Views)
LAST time we did such a post was well over a decade ago. So what did people read this month?
Top 5:
- 3775 views: How makeuseof.com squashed its GNU/Linux journalism (this has not changed)
- 2922 views: Our first post wondering what's going on at makeuseof.com
- 2776 views: CoCs do not improve Free software projects
- 2423 views: Microsofters keep entering Mozilla
- 1702 views: Cancel culture trying to destroy the people who started GNU/Linux
The impact of articles depends on interest, not some "outreach" in social control media, which is generally a waste of time and over-reliance on hostile (or at best uncaring) third parties. Remember the business model of companies that act as middlemen.
We cover issues we deem important, not what we think will make us popular. This often means going against the "current" or corporate consensus. The money is typically spent promoting falsehoods that are economically convenient to those who already have all the capital. Being 'controversy-shy' means self-censorship.
We're not the Linux Foundation. We don't need to lick the boots of the rich.
Yes, that means IBM, Microsoft, Google and so on. █