Yeh whatever.

Dude-“Fascinated by the social, technological and economic changes that mean excellent, very useful strategy guides written lovingly by amateurs have been replaced by very bad ones written by gaming journalists. Has something like that ever happened before?”

How have I been dragged into an argument over a non existent situation

Okay so it’s not actually happened… I’m now actually struggling here.

So I could point you to personal experience of people no longer bothering even specific to the game industry but it ain’t peer reviewed and it’s subjective.

Sorry similar, genuinely think you’re over thinking this, after a while people stop producing stuff for free when the incentives dry up.

Pecuniary emulation, punching above your weight is what makes it pecuniary.

You asked why it may feel familiar 🤷it’s never a perfect fit. I mean what you’re describing is pretty similar to the 00’s blogosphere.

I.e what once made us look like a member of the leisure class now looks like we’re suckers producing copy for free🤷

I’m not referring to that aspect, rather Pecuniary emulation.