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Gameface said:
It was fun to click that link and be presented with a list of subscription options. Very useful.
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Good journalism isn’t free. And I’m not the only poster to post links to articles from The NY Times or Post that require subscriptions. Just put me on ignore already if you’re just going to be an ***. Interactions with you have become increasingly dumber and hostile, escalated primarily by you.
 
The Thriller said:
Good journalism isn’t free. And I’m not the only poster to post links to articles from The NY Times or Post that require subscriptions. Just put me on ignore already if you’re just going to be an ***. Interactions with you have become increasingly dumber and hostile, escalated primarily by you.
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EDIT: but it is generally nice to add something to a post besides a link, like a short summary of what you're linking to but whatever I don't care what you do. Post 100 twitter links in a row without any content of your own to your hearts content.
 
Gameface said:
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Good.

Complaining about paywalls is the dumbest complaint ever. On one hand, we complain about the state of news today. We complain about how disinformation runs rampant on social media because it’s free and there are no gatekeepers. Yet, then we complain when journalism requires a small fee to pay for journalism, publishers, and fact checking.

It’s just a sign of being an immature cheap *** when complaining about paywalls. Even before the internet you needed to pay a few cents for journalism. Why do people bitch about it now?
 
The Thriller said:
Good.

Complaining about paywalls is the dumbest complaint ever. On one hand, we complain about the state of news today. We complain about how disinformation runs rampant on social media because it’s free and there are no gatekeepers. Yet, then we complain when journalism requires a small fee to pay for journalism, publishers, and fact checking.

It’s just a sign of being an immature cheap *** when complaining about paywalls. Even before the internet you needed to pay a few cents for journalism. Why do people bitch about it now?
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Eh, I subscribe and donate where I get most of my news (regular monthly donations to NPR, for example). But I'm not subscribing to every random news site on the Internet to read the occasional article someone might link to on a web forum. I think you can link to it but posting a short synopsis or snippet is polite instead of expecting everyone to subscribe to 30 different news outlets for one article now and then.
 
Gameface said:
done

EDIT: but it is generally nice to add something to a post besides a link, like a short summary of what you're linking to but whatever I don't care what you do. Post 100 twitter links in a row without any content of your own to your hearts content.
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Oh Lordy. I’m responding because you edited your OP.

I’m blasted when I add commentary and then blasted when I provide a link to an article. I just can’t win. This is what I mean by interactions with you have become increasingly dumber and hostile. I provided a resource for others to read and comment on. Had I commented, I’d be blasted for always being negative on Trump and/or Republicans. I’d be criticized for fainting the discussion rather than letting others read and come to their own conclusions.

Just bite the bullet and pay for journalism if you want to learn something more than the headline. Stop your bitching.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
Eh, I subscribe and donate where I get most of my news (regular monthly donations to NPR, for example). But I'm not subscribing to every random news site on the Internet to read the occasional article someone might link to on a web forum. I think you can link to it but posting a short synopsis or snippet is polite instead of expecting everyone to subscribe to 30 different news outlets for one article now and then.
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You’re gaslighting here. The articles that most of us here post that are under paywalls are typically from The NY Times and Wash Post. Many people have subscriptions to these outlets either through personal or school/work-related subscriptions. The Wash Post typically provides 3 free articles a month. There just isn’t a wide variety of paywall media providers (30 different providers) posted in this forum. Furthermore, he could’ve asked for a summary or stated that he faced a paywall. Instead, he escalated it by being an ***. Why couldn’t he have been polite?

Which surprises me because I’ve generally enjoyed his posting. But recently he’s been increasingly hostile. Not sure why?
 
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The Thriller said:
You’re gaslighting here. The articles that most of us here post that are under paywalls are typically from The NY Times and Wash Post. Many people have subscriptions to these outlets either through personal or school/work-related subscriptions. The Wash Post typically provides 3 free articles a month. There just isn’t a wide variety of paywall media providers (30 different providers) posted in this forum. Furthermore, he could’ve asked for a summary or stated that he faced a paywall. Instead, he escalated it by being an ***. Why couldn’t he have been polite?

Which surprises me because I’ve generally enjoyed his posting. But recently he’s been increasingly hostile. Not sure why?
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Do you know what gaslighting means? Please Google it and modify your comment accordingly.

Also it doesn't matter what you think is reasonable for what news sites to support. That's just like, your opinion man. Just because you think those sites are just fine to work with not all of us think the same way. And that's fine. The crux of my post was that it is polite to post a snippet or synopsis of an article you we can get the gist and then decide if we want to read the whole thing, or even Google for a different source. I do that regularly. That was all I was saying.

I wasn't commenting on GF's behavior. We all have different thresholds for shenanigans, and different definitions of shenanigans. Sounds like he reached his limit there.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
Do you know what gaslighting means? Please Google it and modify your comment accordingly.
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Yeah, I'd be interested to see how he thinks it applies.

I normally enjoy @The Thriller , I think his posts are generally informative and/or entertaining. Maybe a bit more combatative than I am, but we're different people. This bit is just kind of off base in a way that's surprising.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Do you know what gaslighting means? Please Google it and modify your comment accordingly.

Also it doesn't matter what you think is reasonable for what news sites to support. That's just like, your opinion man. Just because you think those sites are just fine to work with not all of us think the same way. And that's fine. The crux of my post was that it is polite to post a snippet or synopsis of an article you we can get the gist and then decide if we want to read the whole thing, or even Google for a different source. I do that regularly. That was all I was saying.

I wasn't commenting on GF's behavior. We all have different thresholds for shenanigans, and different definitions of shenanigans. Sounds like he reached his limit there.
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And GF could’ve asked in a polite and respectful manner. Instead, he acted like an ***.

And he reached his threshold? Maybe I get tired of people acting antagonistic towards me. Most of the RW trolls on this site target me. I don’t need GF having a bad weekend’s **** too. He could’ve made such a simple request in a respectful manner.
 
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