Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive?
by mumbisChungo on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:09PM
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It's kind of weird that this is attributed to 'memeculture', given that I can recall people referring to others (in a denigrating fashion) as NPCs back in the 90s, before 'meme' was part of our lexicon.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive?
by Kye on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:46PM
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The article is Start-Class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Internet...
>> "A very basic description of the topic. Can be well-written, but may also have significant content issues."
That means someone wrote it up on a whim and no one's come to address prior art in a way that suits the standards of Wikipedia.