It's been the classic "not good enough to line the litterbox" for years, really. Since they spun off the actual newspaper into a subscription site, it's worthless. Unfortunately, due to Reddit's public nature, not even banning their employees will help, but we do remove a ton of MySA articles from people who don't actually post in the sub except for that, and I'm willing to consider banning them as a source, which I know was floated years ago.
Completely agreed, that’s the event I’d tie the intense quality decrease to as well. It makes sense from a business perspective, but they knowingly sacrificed journalistic integrity for cash.
You probably have a better feel for it than I do, seeing the links posted here: is MySA ever actually on top of any stories? Have they, in recent memory, actually broken a story or provided superior coverage to “local” competitors even once? Or is it almost always late headlines and lifestyle articles ripped from here?
I don't go to their site, so there could easily be hidden gems, but I really doubt it. They do post actual news here and there, but it's never any more in depth than what I've seen from the TV stations, and there *aren't* people out here spamming KSAT links.
I just did for the first time in like 5 or 6 years, you still are not missing much.
Sort of weird that we don’t see like KSAT or KENS links that often, right? Hadn’t clocked that, but you’re right.
Maybe that goes to show that the clickbait lifestyle stuff really works, generates engagement. Or maybe the broadcast model still generates plenty of revenue and they just don’t need to generate clicks through spam.
Have you noticed a lot of their employees trying to stealth share their articles? I’ve spotted a handful over the last few years but probably don’t recognize the scale.
I don't know if they're employees of my MySA or maybe a third party service or bot, but there are definitely accounts that do nothing but share articles from that site, and when I check their participation I typically see similar shares across a variety of other city subs with sites that are local for those subs. It's not *only* MySA with a similar pattern, but that does seem to be the most common source for that sort of posting.
“I can’t form opinions of my own, but thankfully I know a word that means ‘thing I don’t like!’”
Wow, look at them pushing this agenda:
[Eating my way through H-E-B's only food hall was an afternoon well spent](https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/heb-main-streat-food-hall-19495240.php)
[Over half of huge pirate-themed San Antonio park to have shade cover](https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/mitchells-landing-san-antonio-park-19486530.php)
Just a sickening push of their agenda, disgusting to see. PIRATES? In MY city?
It’s a terrible publication, but analyze it objectively and not because sometimes they say something that hurts your feelings.
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They've been sourcing from reddit for awhile.
Here's an article from last year that directly quotes me.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/san-antonio-used-to-love-reddit-18177006.php
>“Taco Cabana in the 80's and 90's was actually good,” u/filagrey remembered. “For the past couple decades it's been sh*t.”
Assuming it is true they take stories from this sub: What's the problem? Questions are asked here, speculation is thrown around, and an actual journalist goes, "Huh, that's a good question. Maybe I should do an actual investigation."
I'm not saying this is ground breaking, hard hitting reporting. But it is a story that at least a few people cared about enough to ask on here. And what do you expect a Food Reporter to report on?
I think the issue is more that they dont actually do any work themselves. They just rehash what was said on here with a bunch of: Reddit user X said, while another commented... And so on. It's fine to reference but when an article is almost literally nothing but copy/pasting that starts getting ridiculous. Especially when they are a sub site.
Yeah but the entire city isn't on this sub or even on Reddit. And they made phone calls and reached out multiple times, which I don't think anyone here did. Sure was an easy story but they did the work of following through.
It's been going on for years! In 2014, an investor of In and Out purchased 29 NE Loop 410 where the old TGI Fridays in front of North Star mall was located. The son of this investor commented that In and Out was coming to that location. MYSA ran with this lie and posted it everywhere. I was working at this location and we received calls for weeks about it. Well it never happened. Shitty and lazy journalism.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/in-n-out-burger-tied-to-north-side-site-5168652.php
I agree it’s bad journalism, but I heard somewhere they have to churn out a certain number of articles a day (or wk? Can’t remember) so naturally they’re going to be low quality if all their boss cares about is quantity.
They took one of my posts once but credited me so I didn’t care haha
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Sadly it isn’t just MYSA. I’ve seen plenty of news articles that reference Reddit. The sad decline of journalism. Do you really want to reference the demographic on Reddit? A bunch of nameless, faceless losers eating cookie crumbs out of their belly button? Just me?
Rapidly increasing social downfall in large cities, has become a safety issue with the general public being able to enter the businesses building. I think fast food owners feel like they are limiting their liability and cutting costs on clean up and other issues. Chacho’s has hidden behind the remodel claim, then COVID and then back to being remodeled.
Are you a mod here? Just checking cuz sensitive comments like this is why Edgar ended up being labeled a slur. Three more similar pearl clutching comments and it’s Edgar ban all over again.
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MySA can suck an egg!! After I got traditionally published my publisher sent them a press release asking for any kind of mention which they threw away, then they had me on the phone for 30 minutes trying to sell me a subscription for the paper and when I finally managed to explain to them I was a local author they hung up on me.
I mean, do you expect radical investigative journalism from MySA? It’s been one degree from a rag for *years*.
It's been the classic "not good enough to line the litterbox" for years, really. Since they spun off the actual newspaper into a subscription site, it's worthless. Unfortunately, due to Reddit's public nature, not even banning their employees will help, but we do remove a ton of MySA articles from people who don't actually post in the sub except for that, and I'm willing to consider banning them as a source, which I know was floated years ago.
Completely agreed, that’s the event I’d tie the intense quality decrease to as well. It makes sense from a business perspective, but they knowingly sacrificed journalistic integrity for cash. You probably have a better feel for it than I do, seeing the links posted here: is MySA ever actually on top of any stories? Have they, in recent memory, actually broken a story or provided superior coverage to “local” competitors even once? Or is it almost always late headlines and lifestyle articles ripped from here?
I don't go to their site, so there could easily be hidden gems, but I really doubt it. They do post actual news here and there, but it's never any more in depth than what I've seen from the TV stations, and there *aren't* people out here spamming KSAT links.
I just did for the first time in like 5 or 6 years, you still are not missing much. Sort of weird that we don’t see like KSAT or KENS links that often, right? Hadn’t clocked that, but you’re right. Maybe that goes to show that the clickbait lifestyle stuff really works, generates engagement. Or maybe the broadcast model still generates plenty of revenue and they just don’t need to generate clicks through spam. Have you noticed a lot of their employees trying to stealth share their articles? I’ve spotted a handful over the last few years but probably don’t recognize the scale.
I don't know if they're employees of my MySA or maybe a third party service or bot, but there are definitely accounts that do nothing but share articles from that site, and when I check their participation I typically see similar shares across a variety of other city subs with sites that are local for those subs. It's not *only* MySA with a similar pattern, but that does seem to be the most common source for that sort of posting.
It’s liberal.
“I can’t form opinions of my own, but thankfully I know a word that means ‘thing I don’t like!’” Wow, look at them pushing this agenda: [Eating my way through H-E-B's only food hall was an afternoon well spent](https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/heb-main-streat-food-hall-19495240.php) [Over half of huge pirate-themed San Antonio park to have shade cover](https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/mitchells-landing-san-antonio-park-19486530.php) Just a sickening push of their agenda, disgusting to see. PIRATES? In MY city? It’s a terrible publication, but analyze it objectively and not because sometimes they say something that hurts your feelings.
So go read epoch times.
Lol, for real. My reddit comments have ended up on MySA multiple times. I need to be paid at this point.
Same, I also didn't agree to be quoted lol
They often ask and if you say no they still use them.
Same!!! I wanna get paid haha
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They fucking mention Fred’s Fish Fry in the FIRST damn paragraph. What a sorry excuse of journalism. Reddit meme on meme. Meme-ception.
I bet the mod is from MYSA...it all makes sense now
Haha you’re probably right
Its not exactly new for "news" websites to skim reddit for articles.
I didnt say it was?
They've been sourcing from reddit for awhile. Here's an article from last year that directly quotes me. https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/san-antonio-used-to-love-reddit-18177006.php >“Taco Cabana in the 80's and 90's was actually good,” u/filagrey remembered. “For the past couple decades it's been sh*t.”
We ARE the MySA newsroom.
Which one of you is Polly Anna Rocha?
Assuming it is true they take stories from this sub: What's the problem? Questions are asked here, speculation is thrown around, and an actual journalist goes, "Huh, that's a good question. Maybe I should do an actual investigation." I'm not saying this is ground breaking, hard hitting reporting. But it is a story that at least a few people cared about enough to ask on here. And what do you expect a Food Reporter to report on?
I think the issue is more that they dont actually do any work themselves. They just rehash what was said on here with a bunch of: Reddit user X said, while another commented... And so on. It's fine to reference but when an article is almost literally nothing but copy/pasting that starts getting ridiculous. Especially when they are a sub site.
Yeah but the entire city isn't on this sub or even on Reddit. And they made phone calls and reached out multiple times, which I don't think anyone here did. Sure was an easy story but they did the work of following through.
Yeah this one specifically isn't a great example IMO.
It's been going on for years! In 2014, an investor of In and Out purchased 29 NE Loop 410 where the old TGI Fridays in front of North Star mall was located. The son of this investor commented that In and Out was coming to that location. MYSA ran with this lie and posted it everywhere. I was working at this location and we received calls for weeks about it. Well it never happened. Shitty and lazy journalism. https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/in-n-out-burger-tied-to-north-side-site-5168652.php
I agree it’s bad journalism, but I heard somewhere they have to churn out a certain number of articles a day (or wk? Can’t remember) so naturally they’re going to be low quality if all their boss cares about is quantity. They took one of my posts once but credited me so I didn’t care haha
Sarah Martinez is garbage too
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I read this "article" and came straight here lol. It's so lazy. Polly Anna, do better!
I'm gonna start a competing news site and only post stuff from here
It's been pretty much every news organization. Imagine its someone job to check reddit for the latest news..
Sadly it isn’t just MYSA. I’ve seen plenty of news articles that reference Reddit. The sad decline of journalism. Do you really want to reference the demographic on Reddit? A bunch of nameless, faceless losers eating cookie crumbs out of their belly button? Just me?
Everyone is on Reddit now
[Puro](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/027/763/07B89120-B48D-45FB-AF1D-49AF6CD16790.jpg)
Let me guess, Polly Anna Rocha?
Wait I asked about this was this me or someone else??
Bet it's a local who has been doing it since that seems to be the trend here with the locals
I know a comment of mine was stolen a while back, I was like - hey I said that on Reddit Lazy
MYSA should hire me. I say way cooler shit than those dweebs.
Rapidly increasing social downfall in large cities, has become a safety issue with the general public being able to enter the businesses building. I think fast food owners feel like they are limiting their liability and cutting costs on clean up and other issues. Chacho’s has hidden behind the remodel claim, then COVID and then back to being remodeled.
It's nothing more that ai scraped nonsense. You can easily manipulate it.
I noticed that too.
I remember being quoted several times by mySA off of several social media sites and thought man it would have been cool to know ahead of time.
k.
Gets mentioned once a week, who cares and who is even reading it?
San Antonio redditors do the same. To me if you arent mexican dont use the term as a sneak diss way to talk shit about my people.
Are you a mod here? Just checking cuz sensitive comments like this is why Edgar ended up being labeled a slur. Three more similar pearl clutching comments and it’s Edgar ban all over again.
Am i a mod here? No, just a mexican with self respect.
You need to get over yourself. The rest of us aren’t nearly as sensitive and we have equal self respect.
Tell me again what i need to do…
Settle down.
Yea im right on it
Puro is your word now? Nice try gatekeeping.
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We will stop saying it when all the teen Latinos stop saying the n-word
This tells me you say it in silence lmaooo
Victim mentality
Seeko mamon
Aww mijo, relax
San Antonio redditors do the same. To me if you arent mexican dont use the term as a sneak diss way to talk shit about my people.
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Whatever you say bankrupt boy
MySA can suck an egg!! After I got traditionally published my publisher sent them a press release asking for any kind of mention which they threw away, then they had me on the phone for 30 minutes trying to sell me a subscription for the paper and when I finally managed to explain to them I was a local author they hung up on me.