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How about, "helped every piece of news break faster." I knew about every trade during the run up to today's 3pm NHL trade deadline many minutes and sometimes ho

by slouch 8y ago

How about, "helped every piece of news break faster." I knew about every trade during the run up to today's 3pm NHL trade deadline many minutes and sometimes hours before the stories appeared on nhl.com or sportsnet, etc.

halvingalg 8y ago
I enjoy reading about political news immediately but often times the breaking stories are wildly incorrect/off and I would benefit from more restrained and thoughtful coverage. Taking more time to make decisions rarely leads to bad decisions...
gist 8y ago
> I knew about every trade during the run up to today's 3pm NHL trade deadline many minutes and sometimes hours before the stories appeared on nhl.com or sportsnet, etc. Is that just for entertainment or did you use that information in some way? It's similar to papers or tv stations crowing how they broke a story. So what? Do I really need (or do most people) to know that there is a mass tragedy (only one example) the minute it happens? It can't wait? Not everything that happens is '911' grade information.
- praneshp 8y ago
  > Is that just for entertainment "just" is just your opinion > Do I really need (or do most people) to know I do.
  - Dylan16807 8y ago
    > "just" is just your opinion Reading the entire sentence makes it clear that "just" refers to whether or not they "use that information in some way", and that is not an opinion. > I do. You cut off "the minute it happens". It's not about whether you learn it, but how rapidly.
- hopler 8y ago
  If you want to make money betting on the info, you do. Breaking a story matters if no one else was looking, but yeah not of everyone was racing.
joeyspn 8y ago
^ This I recently read a group of high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Twitter has become a sort of real-time news agency. If you follow the correct profiles in your niche/sector not even Reuters can beat the speed of 95% of the events. If there's a newsworthy event, chances are it's first on twitter than in any other media outlet.
- cmroanirgo 8y ago
  > high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Wow. This is unbelievably scary. Imho news should be curated & not first to the wires. News should involve individual fact checking and less web of trust. I understand how we consumers might want to listen to a journalist's feed, but journalists using it as a source too? It's nothing but a self referential feedback loop otherwise! One word describes the problem: covfefe
  - afiori 8y ago
    This is the inevitable long term consequence of click-based revenue. It does not matter if you get the story wrong, if you are the first to publish you still get the money.
  - sokoloff 8y ago
    Related (and I picked a tweet because that was the two highest google results for the phrase I searched): https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/1020557300153704449?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/10205573001537044...
- zebraflask 8y ago
  Exactly.
Grue3 8y ago
>helped every piece of news break faster How is that a good thing? Without proper fact-checking it's just rumors. And there are a lot of instances of fake news spreading on Twitter before full information is available.

by slouch 8y ago

halvingalg 8y ago

I enjoy reading about political news immediately but often times the breaking stories are wildly incorrect/off and I would benefit from more restrained and thoughtful coverage. Taking more time to make decisions rarely leads to bad decisions...

gist 8y ago

> I knew about every trade during the run up to today's 3pm NHL trade deadline many minutes and sometimes hours before the stories appeared on nhl.com or sportsnet, etc. Is that just for entertainment or did you use that information in some way? It's similar to papers or tv stations crowing how they broke a story. So what? Do I really need (or do most people) to know that there is a mass tragedy (only one example) the minute it happens? It can't wait? Not everything that happens is '911' grade information.

praneshp 8y ago
> Is that just for entertainment "just" is just your opinion > Do I really need (or do most people) to know I do.
- Dylan16807 8y ago
  > "just" is just your opinion Reading the entire sentence makes it clear that "just" refers to whether or not they "use that information in some way", and that is not an opinion. > I do. You cut off "the minute it happens". It's not about whether you learn it, but how rapidly.
hopler 8y ago
If you want to make money betting on the info, you do. Breaking a story matters if no one else was looking, but yeah not of everyone was racing.

joeyspn 8y ago

^ This I recently read a group of high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Twitter has become a sort of real-time news agency. If you follow the correct profiles in your niche/sector not even Reuters can beat the speed of 95% of the events. If there's a newsworthy event, chances are it's first on twitter than in any other media outlet.

cmroanirgo 8y ago
> high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Wow. This is unbelievably scary. Imho news should be curated & not first to the wires. News should involve individual fact checking and less web of trust. I understand how we consumers might want to listen to a journalist's feed, but journalists using it as a source too? It's nothing but a self referential feedback loop otherwise! One word describes the problem: covfefe
- afiori 8y ago
  This is the inevitable long term consequence of click-based revenue. It does not matter if you get the story wrong, if you are the first to publish you still get the money.
- sokoloff 8y ago
  Related (and I picked a tweet because that was the two highest google results for the phrase I searched): https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/1020557300153704449?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/10205573001537044...
zebraflask 8y ago
Exactly.

Grue3 8y ago

>helped every piece of news break faster How is that a good thing? Without proper fact-checking it's just rumors. And there are a lot of instances of fake news spreading on Twitter before full information is available.