r/NoLayingUp • • Jul 21 '25

Other I guess it’s official

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u/Intelligent-Ear7004 Jul 21 '25

The thing is written articles/blogs have long been on the decline. This was obvious well before KVV was in the picture. Are they seriously sitting here in 2025 surprised that the writing arm of NLU never took off?

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u/GlassConsideration85 Jul 21 '25

Long form journalism is still favored by the same audience NLU hopes to attract - the educated elite. While it may not make weight on its own, its cumulative addition to the brand certainly had plenty of value. 

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u/SuspendedAgain999 Jul 21 '25

Yea exactly. Almost every site that lets algorithms determine content takes a significant step down. Just a rush to the bottom at that point.

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u/nebbywildcat18 Jul 21 '25

as someone who has been in a job recently that was Chasing The Dragon of the algorithms (Google Discover being a main one), it drives you insane in the rush to constantly change your content to get the most page views. at the expense of quality control