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I largely find that the majority of news sources really aren't worth the adware tithe they enforce. Hell, these days I often just go to Wikipedia and read the s

I largely find that the majority of news sources really aren't worth the adware tithe they enforce. Hell, these days I often just go to Wikipedia and read the summary if an event is that important. The only other news I really care about is local, and I'm lucky to have local news sites that are pretty much plain text.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
Wikipedia has a current events page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
- nostalgk 7y ago
  One of the many things I like about it.
olivermarks 7y ago
The problem here is that Wikipedia is written by a tiny minority of people these days. (77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors). https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-... 'News' has always been problematic because the publishing business exists to sell advertising, track you and push the news organization owner agendas. Finding trustworthy reliable information has never been more difficult despite the tsunamai of information at our fingertips online
- ekianjo 7y ago
  > 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors That's still a lot more writers than your regular newspaper in terms of consumers:writers ratio.
  - BlueTemplar 7y ago
    Is it?
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      [deleted]
- nostalgk 7y ago
  I have noticed that, and I contribute a decent amount myself. There also appears to be a lack of information around a lot of different topics (namely, the last one that I noticed, was common insects). I do try to encourage others to edit when possible, but I've definitely passed it up out of laziness before too.
  - fatnoah 7y ago
    I've made a grand total of 3 edits to Wikipedia in my life. All were reversals of blatant falsehoods that somehow made it into articles (Such as one Dr. Zero attempting to weaponize the semantic internet to enable Chinese hegemony). In all cases, my edits were removed due to lack of attribution for the change, nevermind that the original changes didn't have attribution. At that point, I decided it wasn't worth the aggravation and didn't bother trying to contribute anything.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago

Wikipedia has a current events page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

nostalgk 7y ago
One of the many things I like about it.

olivermarks 7y ago

The problem here is that Wikipedia is written by a tiny minority of people these days. (77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors). https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-... 'News' has always been problematic because the publishing business exists to sell advertising, track you and push the news organization owner agendas. Finding trustworthy reliable information has never been more difficult despite the tsunamai of information at our fingertips online

ekianjo 7y ago
> 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors That's still a lot more writers than your regular newspaper in terms of consumers:writers ratio.
- BlueTemplar 7y ago
  Is it?
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
nostalgk 7y ago
I have noticed that, and I contribute a decent amount myself. There also appears to be a lack of information around a lot of different topics (namely, the last one that I noticed, was common insects). I do try to encourage others to edit when possible, but I've definitely passed it up out of laziness before too.
- fatnoah 7y ago
  I've made a grand total of 3 edits to Wikipedia in my life. All were reversals of blatant falsehoods that somehow made it into articles (Such as one Dr. Zero attempting to weaponize the semantic internet to enable Chinese hegemony). In all cases, my edits were removed due to lack of attribution for the change, nevermind that the original changes didn't have attribution. At that point, I decided it wasn't worth the aggravation and didn't bother trying to contribute anything.