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I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Wired is great

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good luck finding media now owned by some evil corporation or state.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

404media is pretty solid, for what it's worth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Agreed. 404Media has been extremely good at covering anything from random niche communities to major data leaks. The only thing stopping me from becoming a paying member of their work is the (in my opinion, high) $100/yr price tag.

I'd also recommend following independent journalists like Ken Klippenstein. He does good work, and frequently releases documents that the rest of the media refuses to publish more than snippets of.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why tho? What do you have against employees whose company is owned by another company whose parent company owns some other company whose executives did something you didn't like? Your imaginary social justice mechanics really doesn't make any fucking sense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Feels like a stupid use of this community

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Most of us don't even read the articles.

(yes, you, scrolling by right now, did you read it? I didn't think so.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree. In fact, it's possible that oxygen molecules in our lungs right now were once breathed by Hitler. The exact same air that kept him alive, enabling genocide, is literally keeping us alive! We must boycott ourselves for moral purity!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I had a time machine, I would try to find a way to stop Reagan rather than Hitler.

I think other time travelers will cover Hitler, so I think we should diversify our efforts in stopping other evil bastards around the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What if Hitler turned out the way he did because he was traumatized by all the time travelers who tried to kill him when he was a little boy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Call me crazy, but I think some of the biggest fucking bastards in human history simply needed someone to listen to them and help them learn how to self-regulate their emotions as children.

They're all so consistently bitter and unhappy narcissists, and they drive away their loved ones because they have no idea how to listen and introspect. They also always try to lure others in with money because that's what the only things they personally care about.

When someone criticizes my behavior, I legitimate think about it and I ask them what I could do differently that would make them happier to be around me, and I take that shit seriously even if it hurts to hear.

Sometimes it's completely bogus, but if it matters to them, it matters to me, and that's all that matters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Fundamentally I think anger, hate and evil deeds are driven by fear and past wounds. But saying such things on social media can get you accused of condoning evil, "giving nazis a pass," or whatever. People aren't willing to think about what you're saying until they decide if you're wearing a white hat not a black hat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I mean, I have zero fucking empathy for Trump or Elon because they are fucking nazis and there needs to be extremely severe punitive measures taken against them because that is the only consequence wealthy narcissists understand.

I understand why they are that way, it does not mean they just get a pass for it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know if it applies to this or not, but Reddit top posts absolutely love Newsweek, which is a garbage clickbait, pump and dump articles as fast as possible, and now seeing this, it wouldn't surprise me if there's something going on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually, most of those articles are posted by newsweek's official reddit account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Not really, I've already blocked the newsweek reddit account and there's plenty of other accounts posting newsweek all the time, it's very sus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Wow, I don’t wanna be on Reddit, but I don’t hate it like this, is this how other people feel?

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