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Both in terms of content and technology of the site, I've been consistently disappointed with Business Insider. Given its large reach, I consider it one of the

Both in terms of content and technology of the site, I've been consistently disappointed with Business Insider. Given its large reach, I consider it one of the worst outlets on the internet. Do others share this opinion?

ezekg 8y ago
Be sure to listen to the linked podcast if you haven't: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i-built-this/e/54372836 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i.... It contains a lot of good content.
- mxschumacher 8y ago
  Yeah, I'm subscribed to the podcast (the episode came out in early May). Collison is great on Twitter (https://twitter.com/patrickc https://twitter.com/patrickc ). Deep thinker.
douglaswlance 8y ago
Yeah, I mean, most advertising-supported outlets are terrible. The incentives push the organization toward churning out clickbait. We need a new system of incentives for information dissemination.
- mxschumacher 8y ago
  Can we agree that there are degrees of terribleness? Most of the links that make it to the HN frontpage have honest, valuable content and are not mere clickbait, even if they are published by a company seeking to directly monetize their content.
anonytrary 8y ago
The linked article uses ~300 cookies and ~30 ads. I'm starting to realize that with news sites, we're not looking at the news -- we are the news!
- gordon_freeman 8y ago
  I am Print+Digital subscriber of NYTimes and I consistently get reminders to disable ad-blocker on desktop site and consistently get terrible ads on their Android app.
- smileypete 8y ago
  I'd really like a firefox addon which automatically switches to reader mode if the cruft-o-meter exceeds a given level...
CommieBobDole 8y ago
A few years back when it was just starting up, Business Insider articles used to show up in my Google News feed all the time. From the quality of the articles, I thought it was one of those scammy overseas news sites that paid people with minimal English skills to "paraphrase" articles copied from a legitimate news site. It's improved somewhat, but I was surprised to later find out it was an actual company trying to run a news site.
tschellenbach 8y ago
Yup, I never open their articles anymore. The title always seems interesting, but the content is terrible.

ezekg 8y ago

Be sure to listen to the linked podcast if you haven't: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i-built-this/e/54372836 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i.... It contains a lot of good content.

mxschumacher 8y ago
Yeah, I'm subscribed to the podcast (the episode came out in early May). Collison is great on Twitter (https://twitter.com/patrickc https://twitter.com/patrickc ). Deep thinker.

douglaswlance 8y ago

Yeah, I mean, most advertising-supported outlets are terrible. The incentives push the organization toward churning out clickbait. We need a new system of incentives for information dissemination.

mxschumacher 8y ago
Can we agree that there are degrees of terribleness? Most of the links that make it to the HN frontpage have honest, valuable content and are not mere clickbait, even if they are published by a company seeking to directly monetize their content.

anonytrary 8y ago

The linked article uses ~300 cookies and ~30 ads. I'm starting to realize that with news sites, we're not looking at the news -- we are the news!

gordon_freeman 8y ago
I am Print+Digital subscriber of NYTimes and I consistently get reminders to disable ad-blocker on desktop site and consistently get terrible ads on their Android app.
smileypete 8y ago
I'd really like a firefox addon which automatically switches to reader mode if the cruft-o-meter exceeds a given level...

CommieBobDole 8y ago

A few years back when it was just starting up, Business Insider articles used to show up in my Google News feed all the time. From the quality of the articles, I thought it was one of those scammy overseas news sites that paid people with minimal English skills to "paraphrase" articles copied from a legitimate news site. It's improved somewhat, but I was surprised to later find out it was an actual company trying to run a news site.

tschellenbach 8y ago

Yup, I never open their articles anymore. The title always seems interesting, but the content is terrible.