Basically, if all I can read is a headline how can I consider it informative? A news headline has as much evidence as your average Tweet, and can be deeply incorrect through the use of clickbait.

I do use methods to get around paywalls, but knowing that some/most people won’t, it seems counter-informative to solely use the clickbait headline to keep people informed.

  • @madeinthebackseat
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    268 months ago

    An even more unpopular opinion: we should pay for good journalism.

    • @Just_Pizza_CrustOP
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      78 months ago

      I agree with that, but am also limited to being able to afford just a few news subscriptions. Assuming I’m not the exception, it just seems to be counterproductive towards generating discussion in a community for discussing news.

      People who can only view a clickbait headline also end up not knowing the context of what others are discussing that may have paid for the subscription, and could further be counterproductive in generating meaningful discussion.

      • @madeinthebackseat
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        88 months ago

        Maybe the community should tag paywalled articles, such that those posts can be wholly filtered by users not wanting to see them?