Well, this just got darker.

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    18 hours ago

    Paywall. That site frankly does not even look legit and looking at the plethora of other AI sites I don’t know who would use this one. It’s not even displaying correctly and has like 0 information on anything. If I were to stumble upon that site I’d think it is shady as hell.

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      6 hours ago

      It is a independent publication for tech critical journalism, founded by ex motherboard journalists. Only some of their stuff is paywalled, some only requires free account. Agree on their site but their journalism is usually pretty good.

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      17 hours ago

      You are almost definitely getting downvoted because it sounds like you’re saying 404media is not legit. I realize that you’re not, but I’ll admit I interpreted it incorrectly at first.

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          15 hours ago

          No but having misinterpreted your message once myself and then seeing the replies, I was just letting you know.

          I think when people read “this site” in the comments, they assume it refers to the link itself. So while the rest of your comment makes it clear, you try to connect it to the (incorrect) assumption. Like 404media isn’t a very pretty site so I can see why someone might insult the aesthetics?

          I don’t know, I wasn’t picking a fight or anything

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      18 hours ago

      There are better ways to assess the legitimacy of a media outlet than critiquing its web design. The Wikipedia page might be a good start.

      I don’t like the loginwall, but it doesn’t require payment.

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          15 hours ago

          I also think the issue was with your comment. It could’ve been written a bit more clearly

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            14 hours ago

            I don’t know how my comment is unclear. Unless 404 is an AI site somehow, which I wouldn’t even know about.

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      15 hours ago

      Literally not paywalled.

      And they did this for free posts because there’s lots of sites that scrap and re"publish" articles.

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      18 hours ago

      I know this isn’t necessarily helpful, but 404media has an account wall, not a paywall. You authenticate by email without a password.