These news sites run ads that are borderline gore, disturbing images promoting snake oil weight loss or skin care treatments, and wonder why nobody wants to click into their site.

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ronsor 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But I love internet chum! Don't forget "new law thing"; that's an important category.

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wlesieutre 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you live in California, insurance companies don't want you to know this

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sudoshred 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"internet chum" is a good one, it echoes "slop bowl".

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dredmorbius 4 hours ago | parent [-]

"Chumbox" has been a descriptive term since 2015:

"A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum" (4 June 2015)

<https://www.theawl.com/2015/06/a-complete-taxonomy-of-intern...>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumbox>

	▲	functionmouse an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Cool Wikipedia read. These (chumboxes) are on our Windows 10 lock screens at work.

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tencentshill 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's bottom of the barrel advertisers. You're being punished because you likely don't allow them to track you.

	▲	zeta0134 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That the news sites allow bottom of the barrel advertisers on their site primarily reflects negatively on the news site, for not curating their partnerships. They decided to become a tabloid, and should lose an according amount of respect.

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visarga 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> These news sites run ads that are borderline gore, disturbing images promoting snake oil weight loss or skin care treatments

And that doesn't raise an eye brow, but well worded AI articles based on sources is described as slop