| ▲ | ares623 2 days ago |
| I saw about a dozen ads, and not a single photo of the trees and the bloom. Bravo. |
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| ▲ | aspenmayer 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It seems to be blogspam from the Spain-based Actualidad Blog network. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/actualidad-blog IA has a capture of the site[0]; the first and only photo in the archived version of TFA appears to be a cropped version of one sourced to AP ([1] photo 2 in the carousel), and it is entirely uncredited in TFA. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20251214073005/https://en.jardin... [1] https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-talipot-palm-flamengo-... Other reporting I dug up reference the AP and also Reuters as sources for the story. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/once-in-a-lifet... |
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| ▲ | tomhow a day ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't know if "blogspam" is fair. This article seems to contain a significant amount of original content that is not lifted/rewritten from elsewhere. The photos do seem to be taken from the AP article without acknowledgement, which is not ideal, but I guess that's for them to worry about. Overall I think it's an interesting enough topic to warrant HN front page placement, and this is the most extensive article about it. We'd be happy to switch to a different source if someone can recommend a better one. | | |
| ▲ | hatthew a day ago | parent [-] | | IMO the article reads like it was written by a high schooler trying to reach a page count. It has original content, but it rehashes the same points many times, is short on actual substance, and doesn't have a clear point. | | |
| ▲ | tomhow a day ago | parent [-] | | I think it may be language thing but sure, we've switched it to the AP story. |
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| ▲ | imajoredinecon a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ironically the UX on Reuters and AP wasn’t hugely worse than the blogspam:
* the text of the blogspam is pretty faithful to the AP article
* Reuters had a fullscreen paywall
* the AP had a floating video ad and an interstitial you have to click to get below the fold |
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| ▲ | PeterHolzwarth a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Odd. I run noscript, so no javascript was running. I use ublock as well. I saw a number of photos. What's your setup? On the other hand, the random bold lines makes it seem AI generated. Dunno. |
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| ▲ | leeoniya 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| was also confused why the site had exactly 0 images of anything. (i use dns ad blocking) anyhoos: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tguSVmcMux8 |
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| ▲ | figbert a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Invest in an ad blocker. |
