I'll settle for an 'ignore medium.com' button.
What's the deal with all the medium.com spam recently? I sometimes feel like they are thinking each morning "with what made up bs headline can we bait HN users today".
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#32Growing up the muppets came on at the same time as evening news. The muppets always lost. After the news, my parents would answer our questions and then start debating some some relevant topic. As I got older, I'd participate more in this process. As a result, I have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills. Something kids today could use more of not less. Also, by choosing to get…
I have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills.
And apparently, a penchant for throwing around insults.
choosing to get his news from Twitter over let's say NPR
Of all the hoax or inaccurate stories that I've come across this year, Twitter take the crown followed by news aggregators and email.
Twitter is just an aggregation technology. If you get inaccurate stories, it's due to your own choices of sources.
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#33"I tell people that if it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." It's when something isn't in the news, when it's so common that it's no longer news -- car crashes, domestic violence -- that you should start worrying." --Bruce Schneier [ http://www.schneier.com/essay-171.html ]
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#34and this is how you build the perfect bubble around you. ignore the news is the new oh we don't own a tv. or oh i don't listen to "popular" music.
Everyone already has a bubble around them. The difference is whether you consciously choose to let information/ideas/people/news in or not.
Making the conscious choice to filter to your preferrences is important and liberating because it enables you more control over the kind of life you want to live.
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#35Growing up the muppets came on at the same time as evening news. The muppets always lost. After the news, my parents would answer our questions and then start debating some some relevant topic. As I got older, I'd participate more in this process. As a result, I have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills. Something kids today could use more of not less. Also, by choosing to get…
I have an intellectual curiosity for world news and strong critical thinking skills. And apparently, a penchant for throwing around insults. choosing to get his news from Twitter over let's say NPR https://twitter.com/nprnews Of all the hoax or inaccurate stories that I've come across this year, Twitter take the crown followed by news aggregators and email. Twitter is just an aggregation technology. If you get inaccu…
Cute, except the article stated he was getting them from "people" NOT news outlets.
Sorry if my insults offended you, but this article was link bait trash designed to make the misinformed, filter-bubbled, over-protective moms feel better about themselves. I call it how I see it.
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#37and this is how you build the perfect bubble around you. ignore the news is the new oh we don't own a tv. or oh i don't listen to "popular" music.
Everyone already has a bubble around them. The difference is whether you consciously choose to let information/ideas/people/news in or not. Making the conscious choice to filter to your preferrences is important and liberating because it enables you more control over the kind of life you want to live.
i question the placement of the filter.
by filtering at the source, you will never be exposed to something outside your bubble. the NYT front page (as an example) is great as it covers such a wide array of topics, just browsing over them gives you the chance to learn something new.
if your current interests and beliefs act as filters, then how will you ever develop new ones?
or, coming down to the core topic of this site, how will you know how your audience/target group/customers tick if you never see the world through their eyes? look at all the nerd-startups solving nerd problems (asana?...) - and how frustrated they all get by the success of tumblr, instagram, etc.
good retail CEOs watch fox news and read the ny post (or equivalents) to get a feel for their customers world.
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#38and this is how you build the perfect bubble around you. ignore the news is the new oh we don't own a tv. or oh i don't listen to "popular" music.
Everyone already has a bubble around them. The difference is whether you consciously choose to let information/ideas/people/news in or not. Making the conscious choice to filter to your preferrences is important and liberating because it enables you more control over the kind of life you want to live.
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#39Well, ignoring the news seems like a bad idea since it makes you totally uninformed. For me I just started reading the news instead of hearing or watching it. CNN spends 72 hours on a tornado when I can learn all I really need in a few hundred words.
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#40Well, ignoring the news seems like a bad idea since it makes you totally uninformed. For me I just started reading the news instead of hearing or watching it. CNN spends 72 hours on a tornado when I can learn all I really need in a few hundred words.
How exactly does being informed about the tornado improve your life, unless you live in the area which may be affected?