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Comment by scott_s | Hacker News Reader

If waiting 24 minutes to get basic information for a story is a "pretty long time in the blogging world," then maybe there's something wrong with the blogging world.

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Of course there is! Shame on the journalist who gives us what we want! Who's traffic spikes when they practice what we consider sketchy... right before we ourselves go read the article.

Sometimes I even read the terrible article before I complain about it's integrity.

I really wish these guys would show more integrity than me, and simply ignore the fact that I lap up whatever they post.

It's a lot more efficient for the journalist to maintain integrity in the authoring of information than it is to have every reader scrutinize that information for a lack of it.

Agreed. That does seem more efficient... when can we launch?

> right before we ourselves go read the article.

I in fact have not read the article (I refuse to waste my time/give TC a page view) because they represent crap and I want crap to wither and die.

Principals, some people try to live by them.

I think that's great. I sometimes read crap though. I get sucked in by those OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING AND YOU NEED TO READ THIS TO LIVE type headlines... even though I know better I still click on it.

You're a more disciplined man than I, and it's good to know some people are making the effort to keep them honest.

Pissing off a a few people while reaching a lot is a better then reaching few and pissing off none.

You rarely get a downvote as a consumer, just like on HN. Going in to the comments to register your dislike is not the same as a down vote.

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