• natarey@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Almost no one reads the fucking article.

    You are describing the human species. Through its entire history.

    • fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Agreed. Although I will say… While people not reading the articles was extremely common on reddit… Sadly, I feel like Lemmy is even worse about it.

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        6 months ago

        When I first started on reddit many years ago, while it was clear some people didn’t read the article, usually the top comment in the thread usually showed that they read the article, unless it was some kind joke. Over time it definitely got worse.

        I was hoping when jumping to Lemmy that I would be able to recapture some of that magic.

        Lemmy has a lot of good things going for it, but what I got in that regard is the top comment, with 100% upvotes, clearly not having read the article and spewing some unsubstantiated conspiratorial claims. It’s like being in r/conspiracy sometimes.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah if you think we don’t do our due deligence, you should go to more right leaning social media, it’s all sound bites and knee jerk reactions.