I’ll be honest, I don’t even want to read articles anymore. Its just crazy cabinet nominees every time. Wars happening. Nothing I can control. I just post something sarcastic or jokes in the comments. The only thing I care is if a hurricane is headed in my direction.
Y’all actually read all this shit? How does anyone have the energy?
If it’s a unique event then I read the article. If it’s just something like a cabinet pick, a nation’s response to another nation’s actions etc. I just rely on the headline.
I just read wikipedia’s portal of current events for world news. The whole articles.
Newspapers I don’t read, and i block news articles on social media.
Hmm I don’t really know if relying on wikipedia is a good idea. Seems like more prone to false info than the news. I’d rather just have no info than potentially false info that makes me biased.
Seems like more prone to false info than the news.
How so?
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Just the headline
I’m around 50:50, I read a lot of them but am prone to cynical hot takes on occasion. I’m particularly interested in social community and feeling like I’m at least present with others. Physical disability and in my case, the social isolation it causes–sucks. I’m here when I’m not able to do much else and need to escape. So that is my excuse for the times I’m not reading and the overly cynical hot takes.
Yes, usually, but I’m more frequently using the Read Aloud extension. It’s the least effort that gets me there.
That depends both on the particular topic and whether it’s paywalled or not. If it is paywalled, a summary will usually suffice, plus I can get a better gist of it from some of the more serious comments in the thread.
Sometimes. I’ll often read the comments to get the highlights, but I’ll also read the article if it interests me or when I need to know more details.
And let’s be honest: 90% of news articles don’t contain more relevant information for me than the headline.
“Politician said X” has almost never any effect on my life.
I just scrolled through the front page of Der Spiegel. The first 10 articles are speculations about campaign decisions, analyses of things already known, and opinion pieces of some mildly knowledgeable people.
Yeah, that’s mostly irrelevant. Yes, some background would be nice, but I don’t have time to read about everything that isn’t of consequence for me anyway.
Hell a lot of them don’t contain accurate information either. Especially AI slop.
Same here but with some tuning:
I read comments very carefully. If there isn’t a summary bot I don’t trust comments as true anymore. If the publisher prevents reader mode (firefox) or requires either a subscription or non-essential cookies: Keep your secrets.
Also, if the headline is too hard a clickbait, I skip it as well.
Both. It depends on how interested I am in the headline and whether there is a paywall.
If it seems interesting I’ll skim through it.
I’ll read the article if it’s not behind a paywall. I often don’t finish them because most articles are poorly written.
I didn’t read your question but “yes”
But actually, I don’t for political stuff because it is so freaking depressing, and you can’t affect it much.
I love reading science articles though!
Depends solely on ad blocking and writing. I will if it’s interesting. If it’s mindless dribble or not easy to access, I’m out.
If I find the headline interesting, I might read the article if I have enough time.
Before I comment on things, I do at the very least skim them to confirm that I’m commenting on what the article actually says, not just the headline.
