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Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by ofalkaed »

jaynetics wrote: post #47
ofalkaed wrote: post #2

Oddly enough I had been considering making a similar thread but asking for something akin to HN but with less non-tech news. Perhaps the question that both I and OP are asking is, does anyone know of a site that stays on topic? >Thoughts? If this doesn’t exist, would people be interested in it being created, and does anyone think it has a chance of taking off There is absolutely a market for it but it will eventually…

Of the top 10 HN posts atm, 8 are closely related to software, one is about tech but not computers (Coventry Very Light Rail), and just one is really non-tech (My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle). Is that too much non-tech? Or are the tech posts not news-like enough? Or do you dislike side-tracks in the discussions?

I have already asked for that post to be downvoted into oblivion, see my reply to myself. I despise most side-tracks in internet discussion, they have a tendency to become the main track and uninteresting. I don't expect or want HN to be purely tech but I would love it if people would not use upvoting as a like/agreement and use it to make sure anyone who opens a thread does not have to wade through irrelevant nonsense, pedantry, virtue signalling, etc before getting to the discussion of the thread's topic.

People complain about the lack of humor here but it served a purpose.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by balanced2 »

jaynetics wrote: post #50
OtherShrezzing wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t find HN to be a particularly good filter for general news. It’s got political, economic, geographical, and social bias alongside its topic bias.

This is very true. But perhaps the more important filtering is on quantity as opposed to neutrality? Perhaps filtering out a large amount of news, even with some bias, is the lesser evil, as compared to news outlets that depend on stirring the emotions of their readers every single day? Wikinews used to be okay in this regard, but the German version I used has died down a bit, and the English one is even more centere…

Filtering out news with (probably more than) some bias seems dangerous in encouraging echo chambers.

I have been extremely happy to find

https://www.allsides.com/

Especially when it surfaces a topic with three articles from across the bias spectrum, it feels very rewarding being able to get a fuller picture.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by mmh0000 »

FARK is one of the oldest and best for “breaking” news and good for keeping up to date on world politics.

https://www.fark.com/

Anime Titties (not a joke) is great for doom scrolling and realizing how fucked everything is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by arvigeus »

stranded22 wrote: post #52
nikcub wrote: post #40

/r/anime_titties on reddit. ignore the name, it helps it go incognito as a better current news / politics sub.

I’m disappointed to find that it is a news /politics sub

If you go to r/worldpolitics, you’ll get how that subreddit got its name. NSFW

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by Eddy_Viscosity2 »

jaynetics wrote: post #50
OtherShrezzing wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t find HN to be a particularly good filter for general news. It’s got political, economic, geographical, and social bias alongside its topic bias.

This is very true. But perhaps the more important filtering is on quantity as opposed to neutrality? Perhaps filtering out a large amount of news, even with some bias, is the lesser evil, as compared to news outlets that depend on stirring the emotions of their readers every single day? Wikinews used to be okay in this regard, but the German version I used has died down a bit, and the English one is even more centere…

I think you may be on to something here. When it comes to news, none is bad but so is too much. This would be true even if all the consumed news was politically neutral and completely objectively factual and accurate. But of course all news is biased, and much very deliberately so to the point of obscuring the truth of it. LLMs are not going to make this situation better.

I want to be aware of what's happening, but not to drown in it. How to achieve that is not only a good question but the right question.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

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Post by rickydroll »

balanced2 wrote: post #55
jaynetics wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is very true. But perhaps the more important filtering is on quantity as opposed to neutrality? Perhaps filtering out a large amount of news, even with some bias, is the lesser evil, as compared to news outlets that depend on stirring the emotions of their readers every single day? Wikinews used to be okay in this regard, but the German version I used has died down a bit, and the English one is even more centere…

Filtering out news with (probably more than) some bias seems dangerous in encouraging echo chambers. I have been extremely happy to find https://www.allsides.com/ Especially when it surfaces a topic with three articles from across the bias spectrum, it feels very rewarding being able to get a fuller picture.

Sometimes there aren't multiple sides, especially when it comes to science reporting. You have fact-based reporting, and then you have conspiracy theories.

How would you handle news where there is sufficient evidence to show one set of reporting is accurate and relatively unbiased, but another report is all made up and designed to inflame its audience?

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