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YourStory has become Startup Washing Machine

Every time a startup faces backlash from community or users, the founders just go to YourStory to white wash their image. Saw OLA's founder Bhavish oozing gyan and patriotism, Zomato's founder Deep come and answer cute simple questions and now Mamaearth before IPO.

They used to do candid reporting but long gone are those days

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SleepyBanana
SleepyBanana
Stealth20mo

YS has to also earn monies, no? 🥲 though, it is going the paid awards road.

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal
Stealth20mo

Looks like only way for a media house to earn money is by selling their soul

ZoomyHamster
ZoomyHamster
Stealth20mo

To earn “a lot of money”

DizzyWaffle
DizzyWaffle
Stealth20mo

Agree with @MightyLazyGeekStar

The ken / morning context take pride in bashing/sensationalising ‘wrongdoings’.
Thats how they get subscribers. Investors and startups equally hate these 3 publications.

YS is doing the opposite.

To each his/her own.

I like The Better India. 😀

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow
Stealth20mo

No one takes YS seriously. Stopped reading it 5-6 years back . They are of the philosophy " I scratch you scratch our backs "

DizzyWaffle
DizzyWaffle
Stealth20mo

Babaji ki jai ho.

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Swiggy20mo

Yourstory was always PR anyway. They gotta make money somehow. Posting regular startup news doesn’t generate revenue anyway with ad blockers.

TwirlyCupcake
TwirlyCupcake
Gitlab20mo

I stopped reading that around 2016 when I saw several pure PR articles. So this isn't new,

FluffyCupcake
FluffyCupcake
Amazon20mo

YourStory is not a journalism business😛

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal
Stealth20mo

Then what is it?

FluffyCupcake
FluffyCupcake
Amazon20mo

PR firm 🙃

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana
Stealth20mo

YS has become a startup washing machine
“Always has been”

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CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling
Stealth20mo

No one works for free. Everyone eventually comes up with their own sustainable business model.

GigglyNarwhal
GigglyNarwhal
Stealth20mo

If this is startup journalism, bless the ecosystem

PrancingPancake
PrancingPancake
Stealth20mo

You mean, YS is BJP of Startup.?

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer20mo

its called PR.

JazzyDumpling
JazzyDumpling
Stealth20mo

On the other hand The morning context is slam dunking on startups every other day. Every second day I wake up to news about a startup in a fix.

SnoozyBanana
SnoozyBanana
Stealth20mo

I unfollowed YS long back. Initially,thought it's inspiring, but over the period realised that it just making me feel bad about myself. To sell the article, they just create FOMO. It's like everyone is raising 100cr and doing so good in business and I am still expecting for 20% hike. #slavery jaisa feel ho Raha

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