I’m not sure that lemmy users are different in this from user of Reddit/HackerNews/Facebook/etc.
I 100% did this on Reddit. And I do it here too. Most news websites are garbage and loaded with advertisements. Get halfway through the story and a full page ad pops up or a video starts playing. Honestly, does anybody stop reading to watch those videos???
Or, you go into the comments and see the summary, or the full article, or quotes of the most important parts with discussions. If I feel I have questions, only then will I open the website.
You must be the last person on Lemmy still looking at these sites the way they’re displayed by default. Firefox, adblock, no script, pi hole, etc makes all that go away pretty painlessly.
I use an app on my phone that just loads the website in a browser within the app.
I read the TLDR bot at least…
Seems like that gives 90% of the relevant info, then I view the article if there’s anything missing.
Not that it makes a difference, my opinions are formed before I even read the title. I’m dug in, and I’ll never change 😎
I always read the top comment first, because often they have a better article or explain why the article is misleading
But what if that comment is instead downvoted to death because it goes against the community opinions?
I prefer to only read the top line of a meme then post. And no that’s not a Lemmy user, that’s squidward
I don’t want to read the thing. I want to discuss the thing that i didn’t read with other people who didn’t read the thing.
Many articles are only accessible via a VPN, blocked either by my side or theirs. I’m too tired to switch it on and off. Summary bot is very helpful.
