Sorry, no link to some ‘news’ article. /s

I’m a newcomer myself, but it seems my feed is just filled with low-effort news links with no other content. It’s c/mildlyinfuriating at this point. Maybe moderators outside of communities that are specifically for current events could require at least an effort by the op to add some of her own thoughts?

  • jtskywalker@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    Isn’t it a link aggregation site? I feel like that’s the point…

    There are definitely communities that focus on that, though. I know I personally enjoy the local text posts and comment interactions as it reminds me of the good old days of browsing vBulletin forms all day, but lemmy is kind of a different beast in a lot of ways

  • Madbrad200@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    If you want more than just news, https://lemmy.world/post/2216085 I made a list of more casual Lemmy communities.

    You’re right though - it would be nice to have some discussion based news communities. R/geopolitics used to be very high quality for example

    The other comment responses are just lazy, link aggregators do not need to be devoid of worthwhile discussions

  • Izzy@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    I tend to agree. To me just a link to an article without any other input is just spam. I don’t see the point in just being the comments section for someone else’s site and content.

    Most people don’t seem to agree, but at least for the community I moderate I try to avoid it myself. I won’t stop anyone else from doing it though.