When you sort by new, it seems like the majority of posts are news articles.

Is lemmy just free advertising for these lying, biased, narrative warping bastards?

Most of the post are from either left or right outlets, I haven’t seen many “center”, not that that truly exists…

I mean, how many of these outlets have continued to lie to our faces after we have proven them to do so, and yet we still let them get posted here?

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    221·
    8 months ago

    Because it’s a forum where people can post things. News happens every day, sometimes several times a day. What are you expecting to see?

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        111·
        8 months ago

        Huh? Why the fuck would a marketing exec give a shit about news articles on Lemmy? Seriously, what are you expecting to see? Memes?

          • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 months ago

            OH I gotcha. You looking for a little bit of the ol’ wink wink, nudge nudge, knowhatImean? A little slap ‘n tickle? Some sumthin sumthin? Looking to check out some jubblies? Or a bit of twig and berries? Maybe a chocolate starfish? Givin’ yourself the ol’ low five? Scratchin a particular itch? Perhaps a gander at some audio-visual stimulation, if you take my meaning? Something on the wilder side of the video store? May I suggest you then take the meat bridge? You know you wanna.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    10·
    8 months ago

    Speaking for Politics and World News, we require all posts be news articles.

    Otherwise what you’d get is a bunch of crappy memes, Twitter screenshots, and 40 minute Youtube conspiracy videos.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    10·
    8 months ago

    Lots of people expect a reddit-style forum to have news. If you don’t like it, block the communities where news is the main thing that would be posted.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 months ago

    I find being very aggressive about blocking communities related to regional news, national news, and sports of any kind is a must have for any link aggregation platform.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
    4·
    8 months ago

    Set your default to “subscribed” instead of “local” or “all” and you won’t see things you don’t want to see. For me it’s sports, gaming, linux and anime. I block communities based on those all the time, but if I go to “all” they’re still going to be there, new ones pop up all the time. You just have to put some work in to your subscribed list to curate your experience.

  • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    Posting to a news article is easy compared with creating content, so you will see a lot more of it.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    41·
    8 months ago

    Don’t subscribe to news communities, and then view “Subscribed” rather than “All”.