Actually Automattic, the company that currently owns Longreads, cut our funding so much in January that they& #39;ve laid off the entire research team, including myself. Plus a lot of others. They& #39;ve essentially tanked the publication, and it& #39;s been a shame to see and not talk about. https://twitter.com/susie_c/status/1263857151027507205">https://twitter.com/susie_c/s...
I& #39;m not entirely sure why we haven& #39;t really talked about it. For me, it was out of respect for @reportermike and many others on the team, but Automattic shouldn& #39;t really get to ride off Longreads& #39;s reputation like this.
They also used a permalancer system that 1) is completely unethical and 2) absolutely allowed them to shear off workers without severance etc. once they decided to cut funding
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