Upvoted VS The Outline

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Immediately following the Boston Bombing insanity here - you know.. Just after (and only after) the media caught wind of it, an admin posted a fluffy apology on https://redditblog.com. It hit all of the right PR notes. However, the very last line or two was the admin celebrating increased traffic numbers during that time. Source: over 2 years ago

Section 230 doesn't care about whether it's the individual user (say OP has other users comment with defamatory content, the OP is not responsible), or platform, or publisher, just that the publisher or platform is culpable with reasonable notification and removal thereof. Publisher or platform can delete anything they want from their platform, but if they risk being sued it's either their own account speaking for... Source: about 3 years ago

For example a site that I liked called The Outline stopped publishing content in 2020 and they leave the site online at least for now https://theoutline.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

The Verge did a whole website redesign in an attempt to stay relevant, having not learned the lessons from the failures of Joshua Topolsky's The Outline, which imploded due in part to its horrific design. Source: over 1 year ago

Reminds me of some the design decisions made on https://theoutline.com/. Same school of thought, design over functionality. Source: over 1 year ago

It basically reeks of whatever Joshua Topolsky was involved with (https://theoutline.com). I've always thought a large reason why it failed was the messy web design, looks like The Verge wants to go that way too. Source: over 1 year ago

Since you asked, I thought The Outline had a unique and compelling UI/UX but sadly it’s parent company shit it down so it’s been dormant for 2 years: https://theoutline.com. Source: almost 2 years ago