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Is the Internet Bad For Professional Writers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the won't-someone-please-think-of-the-writers dept.

destinyland writes "The internet democratized writing — but has there been collateral damage? A former magazine editor asks 10 professional writers how the net has changed their profession, and even the act of writing itself. Has the net changed the demand for longer articles, or created more opportunities for more kinds of writing? It's a fascinating read that belongs in a time capsule for the variety of reactions captured — including the author who complains reading time was traded away for time to maintain our applications, and adding "Gates and Jobs...ought to be disemboweled — yes, on the internet.""

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  1. Re:Translation by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 5, Informative

    If writers are perceiving a lower demand for longer articles, it's probably because they break them up into 57 pages of three sentences each, with 20 second page loads in between thanks to a bunch of flash ads.

  2. Re:Classic misdirected anger by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Informative

    As much as I'm loathe to recommend a Google service [...] loath
  3. Only for bad writers by houghi · · Score: 2, Informative

    The good writers will still be there. The bad writers will be filterd out much faster.

    Compare it to the camera vs painters or horsebreeders vs carmakers. Things evolve and change. Get over it.

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