I think Joe was out of things to say 10 years ago. You could replace him with AI and never know the difference.
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windowsphoneguy@feddit.de 11 months ago
They could easily pay those workers by terminating the contract with Rogan
Blackout@kbin.social 11 months ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t think AI speaks “knuckledragger” well enough
riskable@programming.dev 11 months ago
You’re overestimating the intelligence and ability of his listeners if you think they’d notice the difference.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean if just once it sounded not stupid they’d be calling JR a “fag” or something, I think.
MycoBro@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t hate the man like a lot of people here but this a really good point.
theneverfox@pawb.social 11 months ago
The opposite. He never had anything to say, he was just a great interviewer.
The problem is he started believing he had something to say, and started talking over guests he disagrees with… The last one I watched the guest spoke for less than 2 minutes before Joe went on a 5+ minute rant about how he didn’t believe it. I can’t even remember what it was about, because the guy didn’t even get to lay out his argument
We got it Joe, you think the world is a magical place and have strong opinions on how humans should interact. Let the science man talk
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can be pissed off but he is still the number 1 listed/watched podcast in the world. It brings in subscribers.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fuck Joe Rogan
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
As someone who’s been out of the loop. Why do so many people hate Joe Rogan?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He has done a lot to help spread things like anti-vaxxer lies. He’s given platform to shitty right wingers and treated their ideas as reasonable alternatives to more mainstream views. He generally has presented his views as moderate and he’s “just asking questions” which seems disingenuous.
He generally comes off as an idiot who likes money, but being responsible about what he allows on his show is not a big concern as long as the dollars keep flowing
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I agree. Doesn’t charge reality. Man it’s hard for people to accept Rogan prints money and the comment made no sense.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What comment?
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 11 months ago
millions of flies cannot be wrong!
BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 11 months ago
Money from flies spends just as well as money from butterflies.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The hate I’m getting for pointing out objective reality is pretty terrible. There is a whole lot of copium around his popularity.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Doesn’t matter if you like their taste or not. It makes money.
grayman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Uh… Ok… Wow. So you understand how businesses work?
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
They also bought Michelle Obama and Duke&Duchess of Essex as podcasters. Not saying these are equivalent to Rogan, just that they seem to be burning money on things that has nothing to do with music. And very much not a fan of fucking up podcasts as a simple medium delivered by RSS instead of being a walled garden.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 11 months ago
if it’s not available via RSS it’s not a podcast, it’s an audio show.
riskable@programming.dev 11 months ago
They’re investing heavily in podcasts because podcasts are far, far more profitable than music. If they can get people used to (and hooked) on listening to podcasts (any podcasts) through Spotify then all that money spent on popular podcasters will be worth it (in the end).
I’m sure Spotify would love it if they could stop streaming music entirely and just focus on podcasts. Streaming music costs them a ton of money and overhead (bureaucracy associated with keeping track of and paying artists globally with bazillions of laws and regulations and fees to navigate) whereas podcasts just cost bandwidth.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I hate that you’re right. I listen to 0 podcast, it’s just not my format, yet they constantly push it in my face
villainy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. When they started locking up shows to their app, I cancelled my subscription and dropped Spotify entirely. I don’t even listen to any of the shows they bought but I do listen to a lot of podcasts through Pocket Casts and take umbrage when anybody fucks with the standards.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Big tech used to be built on the idea that you could work on a moonshot idea, have it fail, and then be reassigned to something new, or swallowed into new orgs. This way, you could work on the next Zune, Fire Phone, or Circles, and not fear for your job - like you would if you worked for a startup.
Now, they don’t give a fuck. If the moonshot fails, they move the exec to a new org, and fire the entire team. It means that companies like Spotify can diversify their offering while saving money, and due to the poor hiring market and general apathy of tech workers, they just deal with it.