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Do y'all actually read articles or just the headline? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I'll be honest, I don't even want to read articles anymore. Its just crazy cabinet nominees every time. Wars happening. Nothing I can control. I just post something sarcastic or jokes in the comments. The only thing I care is if a hurricane is headed in my direction.

Y'all actually read all this shit? How does anyone have the energy?

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[-] P1nkman@lemmy.world 42 points 22 hours ago

Sometimes. I'll often read the comments to get the highlights, but I'll also read the article if it interests me or when I need to know more details.

[-] 7dev7random7@suppo.fi 1 points 11 hours ago

Same here but with some tuning:

I read comments very carefully. If there isn't a summary bot I don't trust comments as true anymore. If the publisher prevents reader mode (firefox) or requires either a subscription or non-essential cookies: Keep your secrets.

Also, if the headline is too hard a clickbait, I skip it as well.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 21 hours ago

And let's be honest: 90% of news articles don't contain more relevant information for me than the headline.

"Politician said X" has almost never any effect on my life.

I just scrolled through the front page of Der Spiegel. The first 10 articles are speculations about campaign decisions, analyses of things already known, and opinion pieces of some mildly knowledgeable people.

Yeah, that's mostly irrelevant. Yes, some background would be nice, but I don't have time to read about everything that isn't of consequence for me anyway.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Hell a lot of them don’t contain accurate information either. Especially AI slop.

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