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?
If it’s a unique event then I read the article. If it’s just something like a cabinet pick, a nation’s response to another nation’s actions etc. I just rely on the headline.
That depends both on the particular topic and whether it’s paywalled or not. If it is paywalled, a summary will usually suffice, plus I can get a better gist of it from some of the more serious comments in the thread.
My conservative inlaws read headlines aloud like it’s a fact without reading the article.
And make up a scenario about the headline. Its like angry improve for distressing yourself.
My subscription feed is very small, selective. Then I read about a 25% of these articles, and another 25% I think the headline tells me all.
If it is youtube links instead of articles, I click on only 1% of them. Most are just a huge waste of time even when their topic is interesting. People who post youtube links without writing a personal summary should get stabbed in their asses on both sides, so they can’t sit for four weeks :-)
Just the headline
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.
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.
Hell a lot of them don’t contain accurate information either. Especially AI slop.
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.
Yes, usually, but I’m more frequently using the Read Aloud extension. It’s the least effort that gets me there.
I’ll read the article if it’s not behind a paywall. I often don’t finish them because most articles are poorly written.
Sometimes I try, but I about as soon as the paywall pops up.
I don’t click most links due to online tracking although fedi crowd is pretty good about cleaning up tracking links.
Either way, most media is owner class asset used to shill their interest. So reading that shit aint nothing but reading some rich old clowns opinion on the issue.
Comment section is where real discussion happens anyway.
I drop my 2 cents to see how it resonates and what counter points I can gather. Most of the time it is people screeching some owner sanctioned bullshit…
so much bootlicking or tankies…
I don’t click most links due to online tracking
I installed URLCheck from F-Droid on my android phone and tablet. It lets me review the link before it opens, tells me what each parameter does, and lets me remove specific/all parameters so I can just go to the direct link. No more trackers in links!
I mostly read the headlines since most articles these days are written to fill a length quota and info is sparse. Most articles are now full of fluff.
In the off chance I do try to read the article, the ridiculous amount ads and popups remind me why I just read headlines.
uBlock Origin, my friend. Works on Firefox on any computer os and Android Firefox. If iPhone, theres Brave.
And pihole.
Most of the time just the headline. If it’s obviously opinion I’ll often skip. If the headline is a question I’ll usually skip. If it’s an obviously horrific story I’ll skip. If it’s something that is relevant or useful I’ll read. You are what you eat. That applies to your eyes and ears as well as your mouth
I’m around 50:50, I read a lot of them but am prone to cynical hot takes on occasion. I’m particularly interested in social community and feeling like I’m at least present with others. Physical disability and in my case, the social isolation it causes–sucks. I’m here when I’m not able to do much else and need to escape. So that is my excuse for the times I’m not reading and the overly cynical hot takes.
