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People on forums who refer to threads as 'posts'. "I love this post and I've only read half of it! What a great post!"
I have always thought of a "thread" as being comprised of individual posts on a common topic. Is this wrong?People on forums who refer to threads as 'posts'. "I love this post and I've only read half of it! What a great post!"
Yahoo (my primary email provider) tailoring the news feed that I see based on what I have clicked on in the past. I would like to see the exact same articles that everyone else sees, not articles that are biased towards what yahoo believes I want to see.
+That's annoying. And unfortunately too many people don't question it. I'd be looking for some different news sources if I were you. There are still actual journalistic media outlets in the world.
Yes, but if the newsfeed is tailored to each user's history, no two people see the same thing, so you'll never see the same exact article that everyone else sees.Yahoo (my primary email provider) tailoring the news feed that I see based on what I have clicked on in the past. I would like to see the exact same articles that everyone else sees, not articles that are biased towards what yahoo believes I want to see.
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I try to avoid any 'news' pages that include a lot of really cool sounding headlines with 'sponsored' in small letters next to them.
That's annoying. And unfortunately too many people don't question it. I'd be looking for some different news sources if I were you. There are still actual journalistic media outlets in the world.
Yes, but if the news feed is tailored to each user's history, no two people see the same thing, so you'll never see the same exact article that everyone else sees.
What are the actual journalistic media outlets currently? I am curious.
Actually, Michael Isikoff is the Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo News and is very well-respected in the biz. I know for a fact that he's not a bot because I've seen him interviewed.Facebook, Yahoo etc. have no reporters.
Well, just like the rest of us, the media get focused on the shiny objects dangled in front of them at the expense of some very important stories. Fortunately, there are so many people reporting now that those stories are getting covered -- you just have to look beyond the traditional outlets. And that's where things get dicey, because beyond traditional outlets is also where the real Fake News lurks.OK then, that was me trying to sound like I know more about the news biz than I do. I think I have it right about the general trend though. "Traditional media" are struggling and cutting their reporting staffs, and there are more and more news aggregators. It's getting harder and harder for news organizations to devote significant time to real investigative reporting - heck, even decent reporting on daily events. I think those things are still true. I read or listen to news and end up shouting obvious questions back that no one seemed to think were relevant.