I heard about that. + while we do ultimately choose what we consume, there are so many influences that cloud our judgment (clickbait, sensationalism). I'm down for a platform that rates the legitimacy and trustworthiness of articles so that consumers can make better decisions
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Dis-incentiveise entertainment Incentiveise concise, neutral reporting Socialize all advertising revenue, distributed via quality rating - not clicks
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hell yeah
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These folks claim to be. https://thecorrespondent.com/ Who knows how it will turn out. Upworthy was started by Eli Parisier to break people out of filter bubbles and we all know how well that worked.
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Thanks for the link! I'll check it
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I think this can be boiled down to economics. We don't have an abundance economics – a way to value abundance e.g. in the limitless online experience – so the big players employ the old scarcity economics which leads to sensationalism & clickbait as ways to drum up ad revenues.
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do people value sensationslism, the spreading – and the feeling – of hatred, fear and anger? if they told their intelligent assistants that they did not value this (or the IA senses it), then it would not issue tokens upon their human being exposed to it.
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News is like food. People choose what to consume, and free people sometimes make bad choices. We can expect the market for food and for news to trend in general towards health, but with various problems and setbacks.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Good question. Does anyone know of any competent news sites that actually expel tangible, meaningful information? No celebrity BS Non-partisan takes on politics No meaningless sports & Science & technology focused?
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