They usually have a link with a source or a media of the claim. This has absolutely zero substance so far. Are people not yet sensitivized to this kinda thing? We're like six year past peak fake news and it seems people still haven't developed any form of antibodies.
I stand corrected but I trust third party traffic measurement about as much as I trust self-disclosed traffic numbers. Maybe Similarweb is "better" but Alexa rankings could be widely inaccurate depending on industry.
That's pretty standard practice in journalism. You have a source (e.g. google employee) who you develop a relationship with over years and learn to trust — this is called a trusted source. They tell you something that they have seen first-hand , so you rely on that to be true.
Depending on the standards of the reporter/publication and the impact of the claims being made, you might try to verify the scoop with one or more additional sources.
Considering the guy is self publishing on Twitter and is not currently a reporter at a well respected publication, I'd bet this is just based off of a single source.
The system isn't foolproof but it works pretty well most of the time
Fair enough. He was a reporter for many years at Fortune [1] and at Yahoo Finance [2]. This guy is a career reporter who must understand journalistic standards.
Isn't conclusive proof that this is true but can't just be dismissed as some random guy on Twitter... Media and journalism are changing
I shut down during off hours, 100%. One of the perks of not being front-line.
HOWEVER, I don't work at Google. Every Googler I encountered seems to be selected because they are naturally confused by the term "work-life balance" or look forward to vacation so they can spend time on projects that need deep focus.
So yes, "they didn't check their email?" does seem an appropriate comment to me
If such a thing were actually the case what would you do at that point? Go to the front desk and ask security to escort you to collect your personal things?
What happens if a company's "lay-off-via-security-access-badge-not-working" computer system malfunctions -- precisely when the layoff is going on -- and blocks everyone, all employees, not just the fired ones -- from access to the company's building simultaneously?
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(I don't know -- but I think there's a future sitcom episode there... <g>)
I used to work there and we used to joke all the time that if your badge stopped working that's how you knew you were terminated (many of us had fairly deep/sensitive access and they don't want an angry xoogler deleting prod). This was funny until it happened to my coworker when we were returning from lunch one day.
I can't really picture reaching the office without having checked my personal mail and my work mail at least once but I guess there are people who do that.
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[ 1.4 ms ] story [ 66.8 ms ] threadThere isn't much difference between a reporter breaking news on Twitter and on a news website
Independent verification of claimed readership requested.
Depending on the standards of the reporter/publication and the impact of the claims being made, you might try to verify the scoop with one or more additional sources.
Considering the guy is self publishing on Twitter and is not currently a reporter at a well respected publication, I'd bet this is just based off of a single source.
The system isn't foolproof but it works pretty well most of the time
Isn't conclusive proof that this is true but can't just be dismissed as some random guy on Twitter... Media and journalism are changing
[1] https://fortune.com/author/daniel-roberts/
[2] https://www.yahoo.com/author/daniel-roberts
HOWEVER, I don't work at Google. Every Googler I encountered seems to be selected because they are naturally confused by the term "work-life balance" or look forward to vacation so they can spend time on projects that need deep focus.
So yes, "they didn't check their email?" does seem an appropriate comment to me
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(I don't know -- but I think there's a future sitcom episode there... <g>)
I can't really picture reaching the office without having checked my personal mail and my work mail at least once but I guess there are people who do that.