Equal Opportunity: Narrow Interests Are Not Crushed

It is the supporting of niche (special interest) news that might get lost in the density of mainstream media with extra points if there are few sources in its category.

A news item coming from just a single local newspaper is normally crushed against a mainstream news item transmitted by hundreds of agencies. MagPunk gives a +8 equal opportunity score to that item if the item is not multi-sourced and there are less than 3 sources in its category (for example, science or local news). Thus, minority voices preserve their visibility.

Example: An important article coming from a single technology magazine being able to climb to the top ranks among hundreds of politics news items.

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Content density in the media causes popular topics to take over the entire feed. If the number of publishers in a category is small, the competition chance of that category drops. The equal opportunity rule (items that are not multi-sourced and categories with <3 sources) balances independent publications or niche areas that are on the verge of disappearing within the noise of mainstream media with a mathematical intervention. Thus, the reader finds the chance to see not only what everyone is talking about, but also the valuable items in the special areas they follow.