Slate vs. Salon

Can anyone explain what the difference is between the two sites?

 

I read Slate even though I disagree with many of their viewpoints (especially at the top of their food chain) and find some of their writers quite odious in personality/opinion, but not in crat. I guess that's the mark of good writing and a good website. I do appreciate how timely they are and how much content they churn out daily. One of my go-to sites when I have time to kill in a professional setting where I don't feel comfortable doing personal business or playing games online.

 

I don't mean to be snarky at all, but...first and foremost, they're different sites. They have different writers and different recurring features.

 

I'm a Slate addict. It's smart, clever and very engagingly written. I never read Salon. Don't you have to pay for it?

 

As far as I know, you only have to watch a brief ad before viewing content. There are paid "Premium" subscriptions which, as far as I know, allow you only to skip the ads. (There are other benefits, but they aren't important.)

The pre-content ads have really hurt it, even though they're about five seconds long.

 

And Slate is much better, I agree. The best thing about Salon, in my opinion, is Glenn Greenwald, the blogger.

 

Oh. OK. I think you used to have to pay or something. That's why I never started.