Great now I need to pay attention to the authors and make a mental mapping of who the good ones are to decide if the friction is worth it. That in itself adds more friction which in turn makes the barrier higher.

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BobaFloutist 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean that's just how reading works.

	▲	sanswork an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It isn't with news though. I am a bit of a news junkie and have actually subscribed to multiple news sources over the past year and I can't name a single journalist from any of them and I am almost certainly average in that way.