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Comment on Ask HN: Do you read the author's name or article first?

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1 - There are so many articles and such posted here and every other website I read, I honestly would not remember an article by a specific person vs another.

2 - I personally, like to read as much as I can and come to my own opinion / conclusion. Who specifically wrote it, is of little concern to me. I may put more weight behind an article from a big newspaper or such vs some random article on medium, but that doesn't mean both articles / opinions aren't valid (or not valid)

There is so much news lately, so many blog authors or writers - news is pretty dime a dozen IMO. Which goes back to newspapers are dieing and ads are increasing on publications so they can pay writers and blah blah blah. VS music or movies, which while there is a lot of music and a lot of movies / tv shows - I think those leave a bigger impact on people because they effect them emotionally. Most news is not to say it's garbage, but everyone has an opinion and a lot of it is hey let's repost this article about the latest apple product or political dilemma and put some ads on it so we can make some money vs original content, which is what music / movies are (usually).

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