The site has become a reservoir of humanity on the web. Now it, too, is turning to AI.
  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    4 hours ago

    Looks like a very interesting article. But the fact that it’s behind a paywall sums up the other problem with the Internet in general: everything has become hyper-monetized and gated.

    • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
      31·
      3 hours ago

      This is a bad take.

      Paywalls are the norm of traditional journalism. People got so used to a bunch of spammy, ad-fed, click bait journalism and now many are not willing to pay for good articles.

      I wish there was a better way to discuss these kinds of articles. There are sometimes gift links which are best for smaller group discussions… But nobody’s found a model that isn’t the mess that is ads that also allows “free viewing.”

      • leisesprecher@feddit.org
        11·
        1 hour ago

        I don’t know if that was ever different, but I’m pretty sure that a lot of that is journalists taking themselves way too seriously.

        Even the paid sites are often enough filled with tabloid level crap, fluffed up news agency printouts and those god awful “reports” that start with a 500 word description of the door of the interviewee. That’s not journalism and most people are not willing to pay for that.

        I tried several subscriptions over the years and honestly, the articles that really added something can be counted on one or two hands. I’m sure I missed a lot of good and valuable articles, but I’m not ready to sift through tons of crap to find a few gems.

      • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        See my response to sometime else about this a bit further down, if you like.

        But I disagree it’s a “bad take”. I just didn’t word it as clearly at I should have.

  • Fake4000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 hours ago

    Reddit really lives on old content. Loads of useful advice from real people, helpful recommendations, and questions and answers make Reddit still relevant.

    It’s a different story for new content though. Videos and images have been reposted as hell, AskReddit now just revolves around asking the same set of questions, and a lot of niche communities have slowed down.