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>print media old guard releases article stating that print media is good and totally better than digital Just more of the inevitable pushback from a dying indu

>print media old guard releases article stating that print media is good and totally better than digital Just more of the inevitable pushback from a dying industry's attempts to keep itself relevant. (also, why the downvotes, this is obvious propaganda)

cokernel 9y ago
I didn't downvote — and talking about downvotes just invites more — but the faux-quote summary you provide in your comment is inaccurate. A more accurate summary, provided in the article, is "Get news. Not too quickly. Avoid social." The author explicitly rejects the claim you are imputing to him: "You don't have to read a print newspaper to get a better relationship with the news." The whole article, as I understood it, was about the deeper understanding you can gain about a situation if you take things slow, in batches, instead of seeking to read and post shallow reactions quickly.
- to3m 9y ago
  In my view the faux-quote is entirely accurate as a characterisation, if not as a summary.
- deadmetheny 9y ago
  >The author explicitly rejects the claim you are imputing to him: "You don't have to read a print newspaper to get a better relationship with the news." This isn't really pushed until the very end of the article, and it's not nearly as long as the rest. It feels very much like an inclusion mostly to appear unbiased. >A more accurate summary, provided in the article, is "Get news. Not too quickly. Avoid social." I agree with this sentiment overall. Though, that is a quote the author of the column is echoing from someone else. Doesn't change that it's good advice, of course.
fenwick67 9y ago
People are probably downvoting you in part for your use of 'meme arrows'
- to3m 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting! - or is the lack of separating space the distinguishing characteristic? I like the fact that these two things share the same syntax.
  - fenwick67 9y ago
    My point is, they didn't use it like a literal quote, they did the reddit style "> (faux summary of something)", which people on HN probably find grating.
peterwwillis 9y ago
People are downvoting you because they disagree with you. This is not against the rules (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html), whereas commenting on it is. You are punished for difference of opinion and you can't complain about it.
- deadmetheny 9y ago
  Thus driving HN closer and closer to being an echo chamber every day. If you think I am wrong, say something.
T4NG 9y ago
was looking for someone to actually have the balls to say this

cokernel 9y ago

I didn't downvote — and talking about downvotes just invites more — but the faux-quote summary you provide in your comment is inaccurate. A more accurate summary, provided in the article, is "Get news. Not too quickly. Avoid social." The author explicitly rejects the claim you are imputing to him: "You don't have to read a print newspaper to get a better relationship with the news." The whole article, as I understood it, was about the deeper understanding you can gain about a situation if you take things slow, in batches, instead of seeking to read and post shallow reactions quickly.

to3m 9y ago
In my view the faux-quote is entirely accurate as a characterisation, if not as a summary.
deadmetheny 9y ago
>The author explicitly rejects the claim you are imputing to him: "You don't have to read a print newspaper to get a better relationship with the news." This isn't really pushed until the very end of the article, and it's not nearly as long as the rest. It feels very much like an inclusion mostly to appear unbiased. >A more accurate summary, provided in the article, is "Get news. Not too quickly. Avoid social." I agree with this sentiment overall. Though, that is a quote the author of the column is echoing from someone else. Doesn't change that it's good advice, of course.

fenwick67 9y ago

People are probably downvoting you in part for your use of 'meme arrows'

to3m 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting! - or is the lack of separating space the distinguishing characteristic? I like the fact that these two things share the same syntax.
- fenwick67 9y ago
  My point is, they didn't use it like a literal quote, they did the reddit style "> (faux summary of something)", which people on HN probably find grating.

peterwwillis 9y ago

People are downvoting you because they disagree with you. This is not against the rules (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html), whereas commenting on it is. You are punished for difference of opinion and you can't complain about it.

deadmetheny 9y ago
Thus driving HN closer and closer to being an echo chamber every day. If you think I am wrong, say something.

T4NG 9y ago

was looking for someone to actually have the balls to say this