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There is content on ZeroHedge that you just cannot find anywhere else. In early January, ZH was publishing multiple articles a day on Covid-19 with details tha
by koheripbal 6y ago
There is content on ZeroHedge that you just cannot find anywhere else.
In early January, ZH was publishing multiple articles a day on Covid-19 with details that neither the WHO, nor Chinese media, nor mainstream media were reporting. Novel economic indicators showing the virus impact / reports from crematoriums in Wuhan / reports from Chinese dissidents ...and all while HackerNews and Reddit was filtering the stories, telling everyone it was just the flu, and that masks don't work.
Even today, there are topics being discussed that aren't getting much attention anywhere else. Topics that critically inform some of the investment decisions we make managing our portfolio.
There's a lot of garbage on ZH, sure, so you need a mature filter, but maybe adults should be able to filter, right?
Maybe if you can't read stuff you don't agree with without being offended... maybe we should have a special protected internet for kids?
- timmytokyo 6y agoZH boosters in these comments keep saying variants of this: "You have to have a good BS filter to find the good stuff on ZH, but it's there!" Sure, if you look backwards and cherry-pick only the accurate stuff while ignoring everything they got horribly wrong, then yeah, the site's going to look good. But that's true of any bullshit-peddler. In fact, that's the very essence of what a bullshit-peddler does: throw bullshit at the wall, knowing that some of it will stick, and gullible people will forget about all the stuff that didn't stick. If you really want to prove the site's credibility, then perform some of this vaunted BS filtering in real time. Give us some examples of accurate predictions ZH is making today that can't be found on any mainstream media site, and let us evaluate their conformance with reality 3 or 4 months from now.
- koheripbal 6y agoNo one is trying to demonstrate the sites "credibility". The point is to get the unfiltered feed of news. ZH gets news from various sources - many are totally unsubstantiated and have varying degrees of evidence. This isn't a "reputable news" source. It is a RAW feed. You need to be an adult to understand and read it and disregard the BS.
- timmytokyo 6y agoSo take my challenge. Give me an example of your BS filter in action.
- pottertheotter 6y agoI agree. This is by far the weirdest discussion I've seen on HN. For a site that usually has pretty logical discussions, everything has gone out the window here.
- timmytokyo 6y agoOver the last few years, I've noticed an increasing prevalence of HN comments that skew alt-right-adjacent, especially on certain topics. I'm not sure what explains it, but it's been a clear trend.