• Sem@lemmy.mlEnglish
    132·
    11 months ago

    I’m not sure that lemmy users are different in this from user of Reddit/HackerNews/Facebook/etc.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      I 100% did this on Reddit. And I do it here too. Most news websites are garbage and loaded with advertisements. Get halfway through the story and a full page ad pops up or a video starts playing. Honestly, does anybody stop reading to watch those videos???

      Or, you go into the comments and see the summary, or the full article, or quotes of the most important parts with discussions. If I feel I have questions, only then will I open the website.

      • FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world
        4·
        11 months ago

        You must be the last person on Lemmy still looking at these sites the way they’re displayed by default. Firefox, adblock, no script, pi hole, etc makes all that go away pretty painlessly.

          • M137@lemmy.world
            12·
            11 months ago

            Android or iOS? There are solutions on both. Adblockers are available and have been for years.

            There’s nothing stopping you from fixing this other than your own ignorance.

            • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              iOS. I use Firefox normally, but the app just loads the in app web browser, which I doesn’t seem to block ads. Not sure if safari extensions would work with the in app browser… might try it.

  • pastaPersona@lemmy.world
    19·
    11 months ago

    Kinda understandable for articles from sites that pester you to disable adblocker or pay for a subscription (WSJ/Wired/Guardian type news sites etc).

  • SteefLem@lemmy.world
    30·
    11 months ago

    I read comments first mostly because a lot of posted articles are behind a paywall or i have to turn off my adblockers and maybe someone posted a tldr

    • PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      Shoot, they won’t just be posting a tl;dr, but a commentary on it, and sometimes really good context from their field or experience. It’s basically the article, but written by a more intelligent journalist who is a part of whatever is being reported on, not just observing from interviews and phone calls (and lame corporate website ‘about us’ pages).

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Exactly - no fluff or dancing around, they get right to the point and make concrete assertions. Then if they’re wrong, people will correct them, and you get a debate that (hopefully) brings up various subtleties and connected issues for a more holistic view.

        Then if I’m still intrigued, I read the source

  • li10@lemmy.ml
    116·
    11 months ago

    I read the TLDR bot at least…

    Seems like that gives 90% of the relevant info, then I view the article if there’s anything missing.

    Not that it makes a difference, my opinions are formed before I even read the title. I’m dug in, and I’ll never change 😎

    • zip@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I’m dug in, and I’ll never change 😎

      'Cause we don’t have to! 'Cause we’re AMERICANS! We won’t change our minds on anything, regardless of the facts that are set out before us.

      Rock, flag, and eagle! Right, li10?

    • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      64·
      11 months ago

      I always read the top comment first, because often they have a better article or explain why the article is misleading

    • elliot_crane@lemmy.world
      10·
      11 months ago

      Much better to just post an archive link. Lemmy’s not really big enough to garner this kind of attention yet, but copying article text wholesale is a good way to get DMCA claimed and that’s not fair to do to instance admins.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    16·
    11 months ago

    I tried to read the article but it was paywalled. Or it wanted me to turn off my ad blocker before I could read the article. Or it was a video. Or the source was something like www.patriotusaeaglenews.ru.

    • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      The first two can often be thwarted by turning off Javascript. And if it still doesn’t work, it probably wasn’t worth your time anyways.

      • mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        11 months ago

        You ever used the web with javascript disabled? How do you do this on a mobile device? Are you sticking to this setting?

        Lemmy is awesome to me for this reason: Mostlikely the bot comment is either at the top, or at the bottom. Former tells me that bo expert has yet entered the conversation. Maybe I have meaningful insight (I haven’t yet. My shame). The latter shows me I need to read the tldr first, before proceeding to read the conversation. Or maybe I have already cosumed the article and I am still looking for other views on it.

        Anyhow, I think it shows that the internet nowadays does no spread information, but user data.

        • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I only turn off javascript on specific annoying websites. Then it stays off for that website. I don’t know how to do that on mobile.

  • r00ty@kbin.life
    4·
    11 months ago

    Well, I’m not a lemmy user. But I generally read the comments to gauge whether it is worth reading the article.

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
    401·
    11 months ago

    Many articles are only accessible via a VPN, blocked either by my side or theirs. I’m too tired to switch it on and off. Summary bot is very helpful.

  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br
    5·
    11 months ago

    And there’s a ton of articles here with very misleading titles, specially on technology communities. At some point I noticed three large threads in a row where the article title claimed one thing but even the article itself was about something completely different.

  • tygerprints@kbin.social
    21·
    11 months ago

    Boy ain’t that the truth, I like his bulging eyeballs and rabid frantic posturing. That’s me, I’m all too guilty of doing the same.