Well, this just got darker.

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    9 months ago

    Paywall. That site frankly does not even look legit and looking at the plethora of other AI sites I don’t know who would use this one. It’s not even displaying correctly and has like 0 information on anything. If I were to stumble upon that site I’d think it is shady as hell.

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      9 months ago

      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.

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          9 months ago

          I also think the issue was with your comment. It could’ve been written a bit more clearly

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            9 months ago

            I don’t know how my comment is unclear. Unless 404 is an AI site somehow, which I wouldn’t even know about.

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              9 months ago

              Paywall. That site frankly does not even look legit and looking at the plethora of other AI sites I don’t know who would use this one. It’s not even displaying correctly and has like 0 information on anything. If I were to stumble upon that site I’d think it is shady as hell.

              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:

              Paywall. The AI site they mention does not even look legit (…)

              Wouldn’t leave such a wide margin for misinterpretation

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                9 months ago

                No. “Paywall” followed by a period, also known as “full stop”, followed by a line break / new paragraph (which you conveniently removed), which all indicate a separation, followed by comparing the AI site to “other AI sites”. You have to be willfully obtuse to assume that when I talk about AI sites I’m referring to the news site there.

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      9 months ago

      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.

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      9 months ago

      I know this isn’t necessarily helpful, but 404media has an account wall, not a paywall. You authenticate by email without a password.

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      9 months ago

      Literally not paywalled.

      And they did this for free posts because there’s lots of sites that scrap and re"publish" articles.