I mostly lurk here, so yeah I read pretty much every article. If I'm being honest I prefer them over a lot of the memes.
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That's what separates lemmygrad from hexbear tbh. It's not full or garbage, low effort shit with powerposters (who sometimes post multiple threads a day) posing absolute trash posts like "if i eat beanis will i shit out of my ass????" Honestly I think they are crying out for help/attention/etc. with all that shit. What's sad is that those posts flood out real posts, especially comrades looking for mutual aid.
Same here.
I read them when the topic interests me and might actually have some interesting insight. When it's posted to make fun of the MSM's narratives, there really isn't a reason to read is there?
tru
Maybe skim the quoted insanity
What are the "articles"? Just the links? Yes, I have a rule I don't reply to a thread before reading everything. It irks me when people reply to headlines.
same
You can often catch me having a discussion with yogthos over the news of the day. Best part of lemmygrad imo.
we love yogthos
Often yes. It depends on how much time I have at that moment and whether I am in an environment that is conducive to longform reading (at my desk) or not (my phone). Probably 70-30 or so overall?
70 good, 30 bad, gotch
I read them usually
me too; well, from time to time
If there is an archive link cause half the stuff is paywalled. I'm more inclined to if people are talking about it in comments already.
fair
Not all but most of them yeah.
If the topic is interesting to me then most of the time I do read them
that's fair
yes
Yes!
I'm new to Lemmy, what are 'articles'?
Articles are unrolled 𝕏itter threads.
I mean news items. Links.
That's what I figured, but I got confused. Do people really not read the linked sources?
that's kinda what I'm testing
they're fictional tales with some allegorical uses if you dig real deep
Yeah I skim em
50-50, also I have periods when I look here a lot and periods where my attention is in other places
- more inclined to engage if parts of the article was highlighted/quoted in the text belonging to the 'grad post, but then again, I might not have a reason to actually click thru to the article
- prefer not to click off especially if it's hegemonic newsmedia nyt bbc economist etc as more often than not they write FOR headlines than detailed content. also paywalls
- despite that, depending on the topic, I might be less lazy and find an archive or mirror to give it a peek
- more likely to see what's up and read/skim if it's other publications and I think more likely to glean value from.
Yes
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