I'm not sure that lemmy users are different in this from user of Reddit/HackerNews/Facebook/etc.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2024
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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.
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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 😎
I generally do this because the articles are often behind paywalls.
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I prefer to only read the top line of a meme then post. And no that's not a Lemmy user, that's squidward
Right!? Everyone but us is so stupid for talking about Lemmy (who ever that is) in here, while this is obviously squidward. Sheeple are so stupid!
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I don't want to read the thing. I want to discuss the thing that i didn't read with other people who didn't read the thing.
Did you read the thing? Because I didn't and I don't like your opinion on that topic!
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.
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modern websites are a pain to navigate with popups, paywall, ads, heavy tracking that slows down navigation, autoplaying video ads etc
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modern journalism = let's just report whatever the person or company says without fact checking, contextualizing or taking a stance. I believe this is done because it takes less effort and because it makes sure that the news org doesn't anger any of the persons/organizations it has tides with (for ads or direct funding)
The comments solve both problems, as lemmy is ad- and tracking-free and the people in the comments are mostly real people usually without any vested interests in the things they're discussing.
So OBVIOUSLY I only read the comments. I'll get the content of the article indirectly as it's being discussed.
Also you can use the comments to determine if the article is even worth reading so you don't accidentally give a click to some hack journalism.
This is absolutely true. I get more information and understanding from the discussion in the comments than I do the article. Using other platforms I want to read what people are discussing about the article than the article itself. Brings more depth to the conversation and the article.
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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
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).
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Give me an archive link and I'll click it every time. Otherwise, almost never.
I thought it was standard operating procedure on the Internet.
Kinda understandable for articles from sites that pester you to disable adblocker or pay for a subscription (WSJ/Wired/Guardian type news sites etc).
Well, we've got the very useful tldr. bot.
I remember seeing that bot make something longer once, super useful.
Why would I read a long, padded, ad-riddled article when I can get a quick and accurate TL;DR in the title and expert commentary in the comments?
I'll do it again!
This is literally the entire internet.
If it's paywalled, yes. I'm just reading the title.
Yeah guilty as charged
So, what's the meme about?
Tldr?
Too long didn't read.
I won't waste my time reading your comment, but i'll waste a lot of time talking shit about how i think you commented!
Maybe give us a not paywalled link next time?
YUP. So make sure your title is good.
I feel personally attacked
Not necessarily a bad thing though.
Think of it this way: There's value in having access to a list of curated content others have deemed "worth reading or looking at". But there is just as much value in engaging in some banter, provided it doesn't lead to outright war in the comments.
I admit, it is tiresome trying to seriously discuss a topic when people haven't actually read the article, but there is still an upside to a topic triggering at least enough interest to where people actually want to engage.
I wanna report this post because i see myself in the picture.
I want peoples opinions on what they read. I ain’t got time lol
Reddit users too
Everywhere on social media. However, I did notice I actually read through the articles more often here on lemmy.
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Always have. On /. 25 years ago we posted before reading TFA, it's the way.
Welcome to the internet.
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.
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