I will admit to not having kept up. I know that when they started doing poll aggregation on 538 it was an innovation and gave accurate results. In recent years a lot of poll aggregators have come along and 538 had to go elsewhere to generate their value.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:58 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ll point out that Silver and his people sullied their own brand when > they shifted from their original model of collecting as much polling and > sampling data as possible to only curating polls and sampling that > supported Silver’s increasingly distorted take on society and culture. In > the end, Silver was making bombastic claims with no supporting data. Only > difference between he and the MyPillow guy are the pillows. > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:49 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’ll just point out that while Disney says that 538 isn’t going away, all >> of the people who built it up with Silver got laid off too so all that’s >> left is the brand name. >> >> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Nate Silver molests collies >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:06 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> He told FiveThirtyEight staff on Slack "unfortunately the day we've >>>> been worried about has arrived... We don’t yet know the scope of these >>>> layoffs, exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are >>>> departing, but it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” >>>> 538 is not going away, but presumably will be streamlined and more >>>> efficient... >>>> >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/nate-silver-leaves-538-abc-news-disney-layoffs-1235401689/ >>>> (link) >>>> The Bristol Bunch was decimated, with the cuts led by VP/communications >>>> Mike Soltys and EVP/GM Russell Wolff... >>>> https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/the-espn-layoffs-have-begun/ (link) >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9fb18fea-9508-4c22-bfbf-bd848a6fd74fn%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9fb18fea-9508-4c22-bfbf-bd848a6fd74fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cz58%2BBEsA3b07WXo32tg-5JwqFvEfkqYvELKuK%2BX6MCw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cz58%2BBEsA3b07WXo32tg-5JwqFvEfkqYvELKuK%2BX6MCw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF6B_fbJHeGrwUN1d2KdhZ7iK5%3D42OFHqW6i4a6iQHoOw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF6B_fbJHeGrwUN1d2KdhZ7iK5%3D42OFHqW6i4a6iQHoOw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CZm4ZYxDhYT70OSjKmo11%3DDtzus0RRZtPKWHarkSJjcw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CZm4ZYxDhYT70OSjKmo11%3DDtzus0RRZtPKWHarkSJjcw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFggsPeHAUZx9KxekRgc%3D5tCM%3DjHErYW%3D-FjV7myhjZeA%40mail.gmail.com.
