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I understand how you seek financial info, but how does Hacker News come to you? How does local election info come to you? And I don’t mean what device or mediu
by brayhite 5y ago
I understand how you seek financial info, but how does Hacker News come to you? How does local election info come to you?
And I don’t mean what device or medium, but literally _how_ if you aren’t actively clicking or tapping to access it by way of a bookmark or otherwise?
I feel like the original post really wanted to say “control your FOMO and critically consider what news sources you value”, but became too wrapped up in some anti-mainstream media emotion.
- silicon2401 5y ago> but how does Hacker News come to you? Submissions by other users come to me through HN. I don't have to search through dates, topics, countries, etc. I just click enter and it all comes to me. > How does local election info come to you? I get emails about it for my state, I get physical mail from my state, I get emails about it from my employer, I hear friends/family/coworkers talk about it, I see signs out and about. Not being flippant, but just because these things don't happen to you doesn't mean they don't happen to anyone. I even learned about some recall election in CA while on vacation there that I made zero effort to learn about. I just saw billboards, flyers in grocery stores, etc.
- brayhite 5y agoClicking Hacker News is seeking news the same way as clicking CNN. Signing up for emails (presumably) isn’t organically hearing about it via billboards or voluntary conversation; it’s willfully agreeing to have news appear in your inbox. How does this differ from the person who visits Fox News or CNN and follows a group on Facebook to see their posts appear in their news feed?