Originally Posted by
Julio3000
But, to expand on your point about markets and mobs…The Atlantic is not the US government. They are under no obligation to be fair and equitable, beyond their legal obligations in hiring, etc. What if the "Twitter mob" represents enough of their base of subscribers or clickers to change their mind about an editorial decision? Whether you feel like that's cosmically right or wrong--or whether or not I do--how are you going to deny that it is an exercise in market economics?