The War on Slop

OpenAI is pivoting to the enterprise, Kentucky farmers are modern folk heroes by not selling their land for a datacenter, and Meta and YouTube get the Big Tobacco treatment. Plus: Troy gives a progress report on his vibe coded Personal Intelligence Media Platform, AB’s take on Vox Media’s podcast business and MarketBeat’s profitable fin-pub hustle, and Wired’s reinvention as a Big Tech critic. * Watch us on YouTube * Troy Young’s People vs Algorithms newsletter * Brian Morrissey’s The Rebooting newsletter * Alex Schleifer’s Human Computer * Follow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter Chapters: * 00:00 Open * 00:44 Reptile Rescue * 03:08 Welcome * 04:39 PVA Mixer * 06:17 PageMaker nostalgia * 09:12 Building PIMP * 20:52 AI slop and media value * 33:21 UI Design on Trial * 36:47 Tucker vs The Economist * 38:29 Vox Podcast Sale * 45:11 LinkedIn and Social CRM * 47:26 Wired Subscriptions and Tech Scrutiny * 49:53 Atlantic Cruise Events * 51:52 Zombie Franchises and Propaganda Ads * 55:02 Reality TV Loses to UGC * 57:15 MarketBeat Subscription Arbitrage * 01:03:28 Good Product * 01:06:07 Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.peoplevsalgorithms.com