yep you should read the emily gould essay

Feb 27, 2020

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To hear at least half of media Twitter tell it, you’d think the early days of digital media — specifically the 00s, when blogs like Gawker ran the internet — were 4000% sunshine and rainbows for everyone involved, and for those who missed out on those “good ol’ days,” welllp, as a great philosopher once said, it sure sucks to suck.