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The linked article is just a thin, poor-quality rewrite of a Bleeping Computer article which was discussed here two days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
by jffry 5y ago
The linked article is just a thin, poor-quality rewrite of a Bleeping Computer article which was discussed here two days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29696812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29696812
- eganist 5y agoThanks for this, I was wondering why every sentence was its own paragraph.
- howdydoo 5y agoI don't think it's even a rewrite. It looks like algorithmically-generated blogspam. Look at the conspicuously capitalized "DuckDuckGo Mac Version Coming Soon" line, and the flipped header image. I'm not sure if HN bans whole domains or not, but this seems like one to ban.
- jffry 5y agoI think you're right! The first story on https://en.brinkwire.com https://en.brinkwire.com, in the "Sports" category, is "The date when the Sun will completely burn out has been revealed – and this is what will occur." But more directly, their about-us page (https://en.brinkwire.com/about-us/ https://en.brinkwire.com/about-us/) states: Denial of responsibility! Brinkwire is a semi-automated aggregator around the global media. All content is freely available on the internet. We have compiled them on one platform for educational purposes only and we add value to them by not copying directly. For each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is provided. Which seems to be an outright lie so yes, I hope this whole domain can get the banhammer since it's garbage wasting everybody's time.
- schleck8 5y agoThey appear to use ad tracking, i. e. this is a commercial operation and not an "educational" one