Ask HN: What sources do you ignore?

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nondeveloper

6 years ago

When I’m browsing HN I tend to automatically ignore submissions based on their sources. Examples:

Medium and lately Substack: Often formulaic, low-effort, or self-promotional.

Aeon, Nautilus, Atlas Obscura: Long-form writing with little informational payoff, attention-bait.

The Atlantic: Culture war click-bait.

The New York Times, Bloomberg: Paywall, even if there is an outline.com or archive.[domain] link.

Conversely, I tend to check out submissions from personal blogs and more scientific/technical sources like Scientific American and IEEE’s Spectrum.

Does anyone else do this?

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