There is also a corporate struggle going on between Mikkelson's company, Bardav, which holds 50%, and Proper Media LLC, which has bought the other 50% from Barb after her divorce, culminating in lawsuits: https://www.courthousenews.com/fact-checker-snopes-owners-accused-corporate-subterfuge/ I think the money collected now would rather go into legal fees and lawyers than into operation costs, and unless one side can win a controlling share, the situation is gonna be fubar.
I think Snopes has anyway changed for the worse since they got paid staff in the last couple of years. Rather than unpaid spare-time debunking of Grandma forwards and urban legends, it is now all about generating clicks and outrage, like all the rest of the net.
There is also a corporate struggle going on between Mikkelson's company, Bardav, which holds 50%, and Proper Media LLC, which has bought the other 50% from Barb after her divorce, culminating in lawsuits: https://www.courthousenews.com/fact-checker-snopes-owners-accused-corporate-subterfuge/ I think the money collected now would rather go into legal fees and lawyers than into operation costs, and unless one side can win a controlling share, the situation is gonna be fubar.
I think Snopes has anyway changed for the worse since they got paid staff in the last couple of years. Rather than unpaid spare-time debunking of Grandma forwards and urban legends, it is now all about generating clicks and outrage, like all the rest of the net.
There is also a corporate struggle going on between Mikkelson's company, Bardav, which holds 50%, and Proper Media LLC, which has bought the other 50% from Barb after her divorce, culminating in lawsuits: https://www.courthousenews.com/fact-checker-snopes-owners-accused-corporate-subterfuge/ I think the money collected now would rather go into legal fees and lawyers than into operation costs, and unless one side can win a controlling share, the situation is gonna be fubar.
I think Snopes has anyway changed for the worse since they got paid staff in the last couple of years. Rather than unpaid spare-time debunking of Grandma forwards and urban legends, it is now all about generating clicks and outrage, like all the rest of the net.