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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.
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
The site looks fine to me, I'm not sure where your criticism is coming from.
Oh, I thought you were talking about the linked news article website. My mistake, I wasn't about to check out the site that allegedly lets you make CP
You mentioned other AI sites, you didn't call it an AI site. It's kind of hilarious how many people told you why your comment wasn't clear, and yet you insist that everyone else is the problem. Lol
The manga girl?
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.
Literally not paywalled.
And they did this for free posts because there's lots of sites that scrap and re"publish" articles.
Accountwalled then
I know this isn't necessarily helpful, but 404media has an account wall, not a paywall. You authenticate by email without a password.
They aren't talking about the 404media site.
Ah, pardon my misunderstanding. I thought the two paragraphs weren't related.
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.
They aren't talking about the news site. They are talking about the AI site.
I also think the issue was with your comment. It could've been written a bit more clearly
The "Paywall" followed by "That site" makes most people think (me included) that you're talking about the news outlet, 404media, not the AI site mentioned. Writing something like this:
Wouldn't leave such a wide margin for misinterpretation
I think you're having a Principal Skinner meme moment here...
I removed nothing. Maybe your client works with single line breaks. The browser ignores a single line break (enter) and only works with one extra empty line.
lemmy and mbin show line breaks differently, in the same browser the line break is present on fedia.io and absent on lemm.ee
sure thing boss
404media is one of the best independent journalistic sites available. They started one year ago, so they aren't especially well know, but they are a four person org that came from places like Vice.com and wanted to get out of the corporate bullshit. You should check out their non-paywalled articles.