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wow wtf happened to boingboing? Two sentences, a video and then 6 promoted articles? Along with 37 adblocked items and 13 trackers? how the mighty have falle

by pluc 5y ago

wow wtf happened to boingboing? Two sentences, a video and then 6 promoted articles? Along with 37 adblocked items and 13 trackers? how the mighty have fallen

chiefalchemist 5y ago
Don't forget the "news" source...CBS "news". And HN is drooling. What happened to HN as well?
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  This isn't just reported by CBS news. Bill Gates lied about his relationship with Epstein multiple times. Would it really surprise anyone that the billionaire philanthropist under heat for conducting illegal medical trials on vulnerable groups in India and other countries was involved in other nefarious and grotesque activities involving children?
  - chiefalchemist 5y ago
    Fine. Then use those sourses. But axe to grind ex-wife on softball CBS news is shite. If there's better then that's the standard. But this pseudo TMZ stuff doesn't belong here regardless of how many hatreds love the storyline.
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      What axe does she have to grind exactly? She has distanced herself from Bill due to his relationship with Epstein. It is known, and there are pictures and documents verifying this and of Gates flying on Epstein's Lolita Express. Gates continued his relationship with Epstein after he was convicted, and also lied about his relationship with him. This is like Prince Andrew trying to say he didn't sweat at the time.
      - chiefalchemist 5y ago
        The guy cheated on her. Ffs Stop being so naive.
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        So now we should assume she is vindictive and making up stuff to get back at him? That is ridiculous. The information about his relationship with Epstein was already known.
        chiefalchemist 5y ago
        No. We should simply - like everything else - never lose sight of the source AND the context. She doesn't get a free pass on Common (News) Sense 101 simply because her axe satisfies some bias one might have towards Bill. If the info about his relationship is already known then...why is this on HN? So haters can hate?? There are plenty of other forums for such things. This isn't one of them.
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        This is about the founder of Microsoft. It is totally relevant.
        chiefalchemist 5y ago
        Nope. Event !== news Stop buying into a news cycle that's based on revenue and the health of the corporate media's bottomline, and not on what's actually relevant, important, etc. And again...source and context matters. We won't get what we need and deserve if we keep accepting an LCD mindset. P.s. This has nothing to do with his association with MS. It's TMZ lite.
- bloggie 5y ago
  It feels like the "Digg exodus" that affected Reddit about ten years ago: now that Reddit has become a site for endless consumption of memes, former Reddit users may be coming here.
  - corobo 5y ago
    You're welcome to start submitting more interesting things /shrug
  - mrcheesebreeze 5y ago
    thats true, the hacker news sub keeps directing people here and thats how many got here including me. many of the people on this site are redditors.
drcongo 5y ago
That's all boingboing has ever been, reposting of week old news with a bunch of spyware.

by pluc 5y ago

wow wtf happened to boingboing? Two sentences, a video and then 6 promoted articles? Along with 37 adblocked items and 13 trackers? how the mighty have fallen

chiefalchemist 5y ago

Don't forget the "news" source...CBS "news". And HN is drooling. What happened to HN as well?

encryptluks2 5y ago
This isn't just reported by CBS news. Bill Gates lied about his relationship with Epstein multiple times. Would it really surprise anyone that the billionaire philanthropist under heat for conducting illegal medical trials on vulnerable groups in India and other countries was involved in other nefarious and grotesque activities involving children?
- chiefalchemist 5y ago
  Fine. Then use those sourses. But axe to grind ex-wife on softball CBS news is shite. If there's better then that's the standard. But this pseudo TMZ stuff doesn't belong here regardless of how many hatreds love the storyline.
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    What axe does she have to grind exactly? She has distanced herself from Bill due to his relationship with Epstein. It is known, and there are pictures and documents verifying this and of Gates flying on Epstein's Lolita Express. Gates continued his relationship with Epstein after he was convicted, and also lied about his relationship with him. This is like Prince Andrew trying to say he didn't sweat at the time.
    - chiefalchemist 5y ago
      The guy cheated on her. Ffs Stop being so naive.
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        So now we should assume she is vindictive and making up stuff to get back at him? That is ridiculous. The information about his relationship with Epstein was already known.
        chiefalchemist 5y ago
        No. We should simply - like everything else - never lose sight of the source AND the context. She doesn't get a free pass on Common (News) Sense 101 simply because her axe satisfies some bias one might have towards Bill. If the info about his relationship is already known then...why is this on HN? So haters can hate?? There are plenty of other forums for such things. This isn't one of them.
        encryptluks2 5y ago
        This is about the founder of Microsoft. It is totally relevant.
        chiefalchemist 5y ago
        Nope. Event !== news Stop buying into a news cycle that's based on revenue and the health of the corporate media's bottomline, and not on what's actually relevant, important, etc. And again...source and context matters. We won't get what we need and deserve if we keep accepting an LCD mindset. P.s. This has nothing to do with his association with MS. It's TMZ lite.
bloggie 5y ago
It feels like the "Digg exodus" that affected Reddit about ten years ago: now that Reddit has become a site for endless consumption of memes, former Reddit users may be coming here.
- corobo 5y ago
  You're welcome to start submitting more interesting things /shrug
- mrcheesebreeze 5y ago
  thats true, the hacker news sub keeps directing people here and thats how many got here including me. many of the people on this site are redditors.

drcongo 5y ago

That's all boingboing has ever been, reposting of week old news with a bunch of spyware.