Cheers to Quartz trying something new! And I think it's smart to focus on community & commenting. Thing is, I don't see what's so special about the new commenting experience. The whole "hand-selected Quartz Pros" thing doesn't do anything for me. If anything, it's more negative than positive. That's anti-decentralization. (Would we just call that centralization?)
This is some brilliant throwing of truly subtle shade:
(And for the loyalists of the original Quartz app—you can find the same bite-sized, conversational news source under the new name of the Quartz Brief.) We’d like to thank Deloitte and Prudential, who are founding sponsors of this new platform.
Aha moment! This connects all the dots:
Our parent company Uzabase operates a vibrant, successful news platform for business professionals called NewsPicks Japan—and we’ve drawn on what it has learned, in creating these new products for you.
This makes me crazy:
...our commitment to making intelligent and beautiful advertising that is additive rather than interruptive.
ALL ADS ARE INTERRUPTIVE. THERE ARE NO ADDITIVE ADS.
Cheers to Quartz trying something new! And I think it's smart to focus on community & commenting. Thing is, I don't see what's so special about the new commenting experience. The whole "hand-selected Quartz Pros" thing doesn't do anything for me. If anything, it's more negative than positive. That's anti-decentralization. (Would we just call that centralization?)
This is some brilliant throwing of truly subtle shade:
Aha moment! This connects all the dots:
This makes me crazy:
ALL ADS ARE INTERRUPTIVE. THERE ARE NO ADDITIVE ADS.