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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 01-01-2016

Jan 01, 2016 12:00

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drdoug January 3 2016, 08:03:36 UTC

Meta-point: I am getting increasingly frustrated with the Independent. It's one of the worst offenders for in-your-face ad stuff, especially on mobile, where it's almost impossible to tap the multiple 'close ad' buttons you need to to get to the content without inadvertently clicking 'play' on a noisy video. (I suspect it's as bad or worse on desktop without adblocking.) And once you finally get to the content, it seems increasingly low-value and borderline misleading or worse.

I think I'll be happier if I skip Independent links unless the discussion suggests it's worth it, rather as I do for the DM.

Not saying you should change your practices, just sharing an observation in case others have noticed the same.

andrewducker January 3 2016, 12:22:48 UTC

Yeah. The mixture of actually-decent articles and clickbait is very annoying.

Got any recommendations for better newspapers?

drdoug January 3 2016, 15:38:33 UTC

Not that you're not on top of already. Teh Graun and BBC News are my main online sources, the FT in dead tree format.

andrewducker January 3 2016, 18:32:34 UTC

Darnit. I keep hoping that there would be a better solid news source.