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by banderman 3036 days ago
atlasobscura.com seems to mostly be click bait and paid placement these days, and it consistently gets spammed to social media platforms. I wish there was a way to filter out certain news sources from the feed.
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I really want to see an analysis of how they went from obscurity (no pun intended) to ubiquitous a few months ago. The site's been around for years, but it seems to have taken over my news feeds on multiple platforms overnight. I don't mind too much, but I'm sure there's something interesting going on there.
They raised $7.5mm towards the end of last year, so maybe there's more ad spending going? https://digiday.com/media/atlas-obscura-ceo-david-plotz-vide...
It was more than a few months ago, but they published a best-selling eponymous book.