Eye on Open? More like 'Eye On Reddit'
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| Author | Content |
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| arm Aug 23, 2016 5:26 AM EDT |
Everything this bloke posts on here is nothing more than quotes from reddit or else a quote from someone elses article followed by the reddit reaction of said article. Why is this rubbish even approved? |
| jimlynch Aug 23, 2016 6:17 AM EDT |
Greetings arm, Sorry that you didn't like the article. I've been posting EOO articles here on Lxer for quite some time, and some people really do enjoy them. Regarding Reddit, I often find interesting discussions in various subreddits (as well as in the comment threads and forums on other sites). So I like to include them in the open source roundups. I found the Gentoo topic quite illuminating, though it's pretty clear that you did not. But many people do like getting a heads up about such discussions, so I will continue to include them in the roundups. Sorry that EOO isn't your cup of tea, but thanks for the feedback. :) |
| arm Aug 26, 2016 1:30 PM EDT |
Hi Jim. I suppose I should think myself lucky that I didn't get a reply full of the `reddit` discussion of this thread. :P |
| cybertao Aug 26, 2016 7:52 PM EDT |
I'm currently writing a news article to publish through lxer about news articles based on Reddit comments being posted as news articles, based on comments from a Reddit discussion I created about news articles based on Reddit comments. |
| dotmatrix Aug 26, 2016 9:32 PM EDT |
That's repetitive and redundant again and again. |
| the_doctor Aug 26, 2016 10:59 PM EDT |
cybertao -- I'll add your article to my roundup and give it a really good click-bait title. |
| gus3 Aug 27, 2016 5:14 PM EDT |
> repetetive and redudant And repugnant and repulsive. ;-) |
| gary_newell Sep 03, 2016 3:52 PM EDT |
I like the EOO articles. They do this in mainstream media as well. If you watch the BBC news they have whole evenings dedicated to watching Twitter, Reddit and other social media sites. Jim is a good guy and has written some very good articles over the years. Check out his iOS vs Android articles. Well worth a read. |
| mbaehrlxer Sep 04, 2016 2:56 AM EDT |
personally i'd love to see one topic per article, because then i can track each topic on its own, but other than that i do like the idea of collecting interesting thoughts and responses from various sources. isn't that part of journalism? you pick a topic, you search for facts, and you interview people for their opinions and for more leads to facts. picking comments from the net, is kind of like interviewing people... greetings, eMBee. |
| BernardSwiss Sep 04, 2016 9:41 PM EDT |
There's always some people who will express sharp dissatisfaction with seeing "those" profoundly inadequate, fluffy articles in their beloved, superior, preferred publication -- whether in digital media or via Opaque Cellulose Technologies (occasionally it's the opposite plaint, that the articles are too abstruse and appeal to too narrow an audience). They're also usually certain that the problem is worse now than it was back when, and still declining. The problem is, that there is generally little agreement on which of these articles are just another example of an ongoing, discouraging trend, and which articles are actually of some interest and may possible shed a little light on/from an interesting or useful perspective... at least for some regular readers of the publication ;-) |
| cybertao Sep 04, 2016 11:34 PM EDT |
mbaehrlxer wrote:journalism?Hahaha, this is the Internet! 'Journalists' have to produce quantity, not quality, and try to clickbait it up some. |
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