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Meriadoc  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: San Francisco's income inequality is worse than Rwanda's

Off topic, but how do you feel about Pando as opposed to NSFWCorp, kb? I'm still a member, still getting the quarterly, but I think I was reading they're going to drastically increase the price. Are you sticking with it? I'm pretty irked they let go of a lot of the great writers they had at NSFW.





ButterflyEffect  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have any of those writers ended up elsewhere? I remember the NSFWCorp stuff I'd see on Hubski was fantastic across the board, wouldn't mind reading more from the people putting out those articles/essays.

kleinbl00  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I got into a pretty deep pissing match with Paul Carr about it, actually. They dropped some good reporters and kept some marginal ones and mostly seem to be focusing on how much Uber sucks.

I bought into Conflict Tower so I'm along for the ride come hell or high water, but I can't say I'm impressed.

Meriadoc  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was going to join Conflict right before they sold themselves. Pando has felt jumbled and not nearly as strong, and I'm not really seeing the in-depth stuff I was before. It just feels like it lost a lot of voice.

kleinbl00  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

NSFWCorp gave a shit about the world; Pando gives a shit about the tech industry. It's a fundamental problem.

Meriadoc  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Since you talked to Paul, why the fuck did he do it? I mean, I know they had funding problems, but they were getting along, and he knew this would piss off the loyal readers, so why the fuck do it?

kleinbl00  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not what we talked about; I raised the material issue that the crew he brought in hadn't really been doing fuckall except chase Uber around. He got pissy.

I suspect they flat out ran out of cash.