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I've found that if anything is truly important, I'll hear about through non-news channels (friends, family, cow-orkers, personal blogs, etc.). It works remarka
by spc476 14y ago
I've found that if anything is truly important, I'll hear about through non-news channels (friends, family, cow-orkers, personal blogs, etc.). It works remarkably well.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoAnd Hacker News. If anything really significant is happening on this planet, it will end up here. HN replaced news in 100% for me.
- mpclark 14y agoThat's just free riding, though. If everyone gives up news, this approach will no longer work.
- chiaro 14y agoTragedy of the commons. Though that will never happen, so we're more or less free to choose the course of action that suits us best, without it having any overarching effects.
- saraid216 14y agoBut news itself propagates naturally through social networks. MSM was an efficiency gain, not a novelty. Journalism would suffer, though.