Jon Del Arroz

The Leading Hispanic Voice in Science Fiction

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On Clickbait

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The reality of youtube and any social media is you gotta clickbait to get clicks. Here’s overnight views between clickbait (left) and me just promoting a book I love for the sake of promoting art (right). I stopped writing for major journalism outlets because they would NEVER let me do columns like the one on […]

Are You Prepped For Corona-Chan?

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I know I’ve been stocking up on disinfectant wipes, medications, paper towels, anything that might have supply line issues. Here’s a handy list (yes reddit acutally did something right for once) so you can go down and make sure you’ve got supplies. There may be a time soon when you’ll want to quarantine your family […]

The ComicsGate Harassment Business Model

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ComicsGate at one point was a journalistic reaction to youtube critics being harassed by professionals — threatened and targeted at conventions. It’s changed a lot in the last couple of years under the influence of a former comic pro Ethan Van Sciver, with a group of youtubers banding together and using outrage marketing to try […]