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What do you all check instead of the news? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've realized that I check the news several times a day but not because I'm curious about what's happening on the grand scheme of things, but because my brain wants to check something that keeps changing with new, evolving information. It fills a slightly different niche than social media, and I don't watch sports so I don't have that to check. Can anyone think of something else that could fill this need? I could read blogs but they just don't feel current. And the news is making be stress about information I didn't need to know.

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[–] Today 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The news communities on lemmy. It's still the news, but sometimes i appreciate the comments.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Comments is where the real work gets done. That's how reddit used to work before it turned into bot networks spinning narratives for interested parties etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think a lot of the meme content here is bots as well.

But since most users don't post anything, it's better than the alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

We do have bots are they are labeled and I haven't seen bot nets driving narrative... Yet.

Also engagement quality is way better. Even when disagree with comments, they feel like real people with their own opinions.

[–] TheFonz 1 points 5 months ago

Eh. Sort of. It's still a big echo chamber with lots of feel good statements that amount to not much