That’s the primary reason I used Reddit though. I had a good set of subreddits where I got a good mix of news articles, and those had a decent amount of discussion with additional linked articles in the comments. It worked pretty well for years until spez screwed it all up by killing third party apps so I bailed.
Lemmy isn’t nearly as good since it seems most of the people here are pretty far left on the political spectrum, so the news posted is heavily skewed. Reddit also leaned left, but we’re way past leaning here.
That really makes me sad, and it’s why I’m working on an alternative that I hope will appeal to people who want what I liked about Reddit.
that’s slighly different, because you are sharing an article from a news organization, you can place the blame and/or trust on that organization, but just random people posting a picture with some text? i would dismiss 100%
Sure, but it’s still my source of news, even if it’s an aggregator of other sources. I’m a lot less likely to see some piece of news if it isn’t posted to some social media site I’m part of.
But yeah, if someone on SM claims a thing happened, I want proof. If a news organization I respect claims a thing happened, I trust that they have proof.
That’s the primary reason I used Reddit though. I had a good set of subreddits where I got a good mix of news articles, and those had a decent amount of discussion with additional linked articles in the comments. It worked pretty well for years until spez screwed it all up by killing third party apps so I bailed.
Lemmy isn’t nearly as good since it seems most of the people here are pretty far left on the political spectrum, so the news posted is heavily skewed. Reddit also leaned left, but we’re way past leaning here.
That really makes me sad, and it’s why I’m working on an alternative that I hope will appeal to people who want what I liked about Reddit.
that’s slighly different, because you are sharing an article from a news organization, you can place the blame and/or trust on that organization, but just random people posting a picture with some text? i would dismiss 100%
Sure, but it’s still my source of news, even if it’s an aggregator of other sources. I’m a lot less likely to see some piece of news if it isn’t posted to some social media site I’m part of.
But yeah, if someone on SM claims a thing happened, I want proof. If a news organization I respect claims a thing happened, I trust that they have proof.