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by JohnFen 1083 days ago
> It makes sense that often the old things have to die for the new things to truly take over the ecological niche.

The real problem is when the old things die and nothing has really filled their niche. NG is a good example, I think.
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jimmychoozyx 1083 days ago
> nothing has really filled their niche

Traditional media has become replaced by Social media.

A good Youtube Adventure film, such as a tour of a beach town or historic town, a safari documentary, or a foodie tour, scratches my adventure itch quite well-- along the same vein as a magazine article, yet a film feels more sensory-immersive.

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JohnFen 1083 days ago
> Traditional media has become replaced by Social media

But there is nothing that I've seen that fills the niche that NG filled at all. If you just want a shallow look at another place, then yes, there is plenty of that online. But that wasn't NG's thing.

It's not just NG. We have lost quite a lot of really valuable things, never to be replaced with anything comparable.

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jimmychoozyx 1083 days ago
I'd argue that Vice News's website-news articles partially filled the void of NG, with their travel adventure content. It was basically the web-form of a magazine.
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JohnFen 1083 days ago
Could be! I'm not familiar with their travel-adventure stories.
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cagenut 1083 days ago
vice that just declared bankruptcy after torching a billion in VC to fill that void. the void is back.
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