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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday June 22 2021, @01:45PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 22 2021, @01:45PM (#1147997) Journal

    That's... amateurish.

    How about:
    1. confirm the story from multiple sources (if it's not from a reputable news agency)
    2. find the one that put the story into perspective from multiple angles. Sometimes there need to be 2 stories to reach enough perspective
    3. avoid stories exclusively syndicated by NewsCorp and the like - effing shits publish the same story in UK, US and Australia to baloon it up and nobody else's s interested
    4. if it's sciency, dig up the DOI for it, Maybe trace it down to the Uni or lab press release source, cause I hate IFLscience and the pseudo-sci pseudo-journos.

    Even the stories I push on IRC go through all the above.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 22 2021, @06:12PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday June 22 2021, @06:12PM (#1148092) Journal

    That's...a persnickety response.

    Nobody gets paid to go to that length. If you want to volunteer your time to do that for your submissions, great, but don't volunteer my or anyone else's time to do the same.

    Many don't submit stories because it seems too complicated or time-consuming to follow a method like that which you bumptiously insist on. Many also never submit stories or contribute to the site in any way because they don't have the time or energy to deal with reactions like yours.

    My method is simple and fast that others can use if they want to (and it works [soylentnews.org]). If they want to do something else, great.

    And, in the end, the community is not about creating the perfect bibliography, but about the discussion.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:40AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:40AM (#1148266) Journal

      TIL: persnickety, bumptiously.

      If you want to volunteer your time to do that for your submissions, great, but don't volunteer my or anyone else's time to do the same.

      Did I volunteers your time? I fail to see how.

      I said: your approach is amateurish, that's my opinion (and I'll maintain it)
      You said: it works, however it would may be.

      I don't see any contradiction between the two. If you see one, I'll be grateful to be enlightened.

      And, in the end, the community is not about creating the perfect bibliography, but about the discussion.

      Discussion is also my reason for going the extra in choosing the source of the stories I submit: I want more discussions and less bashing - in my mind, there are better chances if the sources of the story present a variety of angles to view the object of it.

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