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Very opiniated answer here : I now rely mostly on Wikipedia, cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current
by dontchooseanick 4y ago
Very opiniated answer here : I now rely mostly on Wikipedia, cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
Most news look to me as entertainment, not information. Articles detail what B.Spears has done or what hominous unacceptable sentence has been said by CongressMan X or Y.
Spoiler : I don't want entertainment, I don't want to be outraged (most people do and won't really admit it). I want the state of the world, at least a comprehensive and kinda global one.
Did you know there is a war in tigray (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigray_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigray_War) ? Well wikipedia has been reporting it for a year. Most news outlet focus only on Ukraine (yes it's important) and on the latest hookup of celebrity Z.
> to what end does this actually benefit the individual?
Agreed, entertainment does not improve my global thinking. News does.
> For those that have experimented with “going dark” in a sense, how was it, what did you do and what’s a good balance?
Completely dark, no FB, no Insta, no twitter/reddit/name_it . It's almost boringly peaceful. Craving is only the first half a year. Now I feel like I can describe some "shape" of the world - but of course in parties I can't relate to the (useless) "Did you see this guy sneezing coca cola on tiktok - yeah right, gross, it was all over the news for a week".
PS: happy with it.
- x86hacker1010 4y agoHow do you find topics to read up on via Wikipedia? In particular news topics. I’m a frequent user of visiting the site but unfamiliar with the idea of using it to stay informed on the dynamic world we live in.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoFront page after language choice has highlights.
- dontchooseanick 4y agoI'll try to repeat ? read this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events > How do you find topics to read up on via Wikipedia? The above link is the "News Portal" of Wikipedia. I'll assume that -like me at 1st- you didn't even imagine it could exist.
- dontchooseanick 4y agoComments also promoting / proposing Wikipedia's Current Events [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439
- beardyw 4y agoThanks for pointing out the wiki portal. I have added it to my small list of news sites.
- Zandikar 4y agoDidn't know this existed, appreciate the insight. Definitely going to give this a try.
- throwawayUAITx 4y agoFYI there is a quite nice concise front-end for the wikipedia news portal: https://legiblenews.com/ https://legiblenews.com/