There are always a large amount of websites out there that use the word "future" in their domain name, but are they really futurist type websites? It is advised often by print publishers and editors that the phrase "future" is an excellent word to use in titles, since it grabs people's attention. But, when people use the word future and then do not give predictions or future accounts, then are they really deceiving the viewer and web-surfer. I believe they are.
Recently, an editor of a future of things type website asked me to create a column, however in reviewing the internet site I came across it to be underwhelming on the futuristic aspect, and more heavy into the scientific news arena. Indeed, if the magazine is seriously interested in "The Future" then why are typical the articles about new scientific innovations in the current period or happening at this time? - asked myself.
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raadpleger.nl
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www.naiwaennet.com
It seems like they're seriously interested in scientific discovery that's already happened, not what'll take the future. That's just boring, more science news, regurgitation, typical human tactic of re-packaging information. I think they are able to do better, but are holding themselves back, afraid to make people think, worried that you will get past an acceptable limit from your own mainstream, quote "core" group of viewers, which I believe they do not even understand.
Of course, as an entrepreneur, I understand why they take action this way. It is because they want to make money and thus sink to less amount of readership, while still pretending to share with you the future of stuff. When the editor wished to guard such comments, the indication was that the website was mostly about scientific news.
Yes, I realize that the website is mostly a news site and I ask what does that have related to the future of stuff? Shouldn't the internet site be called NSIN.com or something like this; for New Science Innovation News? If the website is about Science News and is an accumulation of everyone else's news, then it is really a copy site of a style that is already used and not unique. Thus, the information is therefore the exact same, so even though the articles are written more clearly and easier to comprehend, which can be nice, still what is the worth to a "science news junky" as you can find hardly any articles on the internet site compared using their competition?
Should they called their selves a news site, then you can have "futurist type columnists" anyway, who might project these scientific news items into the near future or they could keep carefully the "Future Stuff" motif and promote the futurist columnists.
This should be a training to all or any "Futuristic" type websites as a case study. Invest the the near future thinkers to your website and have nothing showing them, they'll leave. If you utilize trickery to get regular readers there, you are doing an extreme disservice to the future of mankind, by promoting present inventions whilst the be all end all. Either way, it is unethical to use this tactic on future of things type websites.
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