Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
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Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#22Other sites with similar content to hn I visit weekly:
https://lobste.rs/
https://dzone.com/
https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/
https://hackernoon.com/
https://www.oreilly.com/ideas
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#23I mostly get news from patch [1] as it is generally the only news that applies to me. News on HN sometimes applies to my career field, yet rarely ever applies directly to me. [1] - https://patch.com/
"Hello! Patch is currently unavailable in most European locations. We are working on a technical compliance solution, and hope to be able to provide our local journalism offerings to EU readers soon. —The Patch Team" :(
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#24I quit news entirely. I only get my information about current events through headlines on Reddit and HN, which I avoid clicking. Or through conversation with colleagues and friends. Or through books.
I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good.
My life has improved dramatically since starting this news diet. I no longer carry this burden of disdain and frustration towards friends and family who support Trump. I no longer see the USA as a hellhole or the world as such a violent scary place. I no longer feel personally responsible for improving the world by starting arguments online or in-person. I don't get distracted as easily or waste quite as much time.
News is not making you smarter, happier, a better voter, anything. Most news is nothing but a series of facts that have been filtered and selected for their clickbaiting, enraging, shocking, fear-inducing powers (to show you ads). They have nothing to do with the world you yourself live in and experience every day. Quit news.
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#25HN and podcasts. If its relevant, I usually pick it up from conversations in podcasts. Most of whats considered news these days is opinion pieces and people trying to predict what happens in the future and pretty much no one gets it right. News consumption outside your field/industry is counterproductive if one wants to live a positive stress free life.
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#26I quit news entirely. I only get my information about current events through headlines on Reddit and HN, which I avoid clicking. Or through conversation with colleagues and friends. Or through books. I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good. My life has improved dramat…
I did the same thing and encourage friends and family to do it too. News is generally presented as low-quality information that should be consumed as rarely as possible. Here are two good write ups on quitting the news:
http://www.raptitude.com/2016/12/five-things-you-notice-when...
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#27BBC Radio Four. (But "Today" is increasingly tedious with Humphries and Robinson).
The Economist.
The Financial Times.
The Guardian, The Independent, and The Telegraph.
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#28I subscribe to two online news papers. One left-wing and one to the right.
Could you name them?
Anyone else please do too the X-wing sites you think are worthwhile. It's intersting to see different points of view.
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#29I quit news entirely. I only get my information about current events through headlines on Reddit and HN, which I avoid clicking. Or through conversation with colleagues and friends. Or through books. I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good. My life has improved dramat…
Similar. I realized how biased even 'respected' news organizations are especially when I started travelling more or doing a simple compare of various sources of news about the same issue.
Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
#30I quit news entirely. I only get my information about current events through headlines on Reddit and HN, which I avoid clicking. Or through conversation with colleagues and friends. Or through books. I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good. My life has improved dramat…
This is great to hear, I've been scaling back but always feel like I might miss something important. Scanning headlines without clicking them sounds like a great way to avoid the rabbit hole.