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The Death of Snark and the Rise of Positive Conservative Content
The age of liberal snark is ending, and conservative content will soon reign supreme.
Your Guide to Crafting Sponsored Content for Millennials
What’s more authentic to a Millennial than sponsored content about the continual journey to define the self?
Grantlangst: Fear of a World Without Meaningful Content
Grantland is dead, and with it another high-caliber outlet for good journalism. Can niche sites survive in the age of the content farm? One former Grantlander and content farmer explains.
The Power of HelloGiggles, the $30 Million Posi Content Farm
The key to Zooey Deschanel's content farm success isn't celebrity. It's positivity.
Pitchfork and the Mob
Why did the site need to sell when it already had a fulfilling media existence?
With Lex Luthor Profile, Content Farms Are Moving Into Fictional Content
Fake content is more scalable than real content.
Of Course Nobody Trusts Media in the Age of Clickbait
New polls show that public trust in the media is lower than ever. Are content farms to blame?
How to Build a Content Farm in 20 Minutes
The broken digital ad process is costing us all something, Bloomberg's story on traffic buying shows.
#IStandWithAhmed: The Intersection of Science, Tolerance and Viral Content
Not even a Neil deGrasse Tyson tweet spree after a bad science film could get this level of engagement.
Content Farms Have an Apple Problem
Content farms must now ‘turn’ on Apple in order to keep the consumer happy.
How Content Farms Exploit Uplifting Memes Like #DivorceSelfie
Personal problems can’t be solved by Googling anything and stumbling into strategically created content. Content farms preying upon the positive hopes of humanity would have you think otherwise.
Autoplay Is the New 'Clickbait': a Scapegoat for What We Don't Like Online
In order to play the content farm game, everyone must autoplay.