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What's the best place to get news now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Morningcoffee@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I got a lot of my headlines from reddit. Due to the impending death of my favorite app (Sync for Reddit) however, that's coming to an end.

I'm now realising my Reddit experience had deteriorated slowly, just doomscrolling the hours away wasn't healthy and I'm even kind of glad this is a good reason to end it. However, reddit has been really useful for news, especially the comments (taken with the right amount of skepticism) could be very informative.

I hope Lemmy builds something similar, but the defederation of beehaw's news has been a setback.

What would be a good alternative, going forward, for getting news and backgrounds from varied, trustworthy en unbiased sources?

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[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it's best to never read the news, you'll find about stuff that actually affects you naturally anyway.

Focus on communities for your hobbies and career instead.

[–] Balssh@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d argue that one should not stop reading the news forever because you’ll just become increasingly disconnected from what happens around you. As with all things, reading news in moderation and not doomscrolling is the way I think.

[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But you naturally will hear about important stuff anyway or see it on headlines in the supermarket, etc.

Like when the Ukraine war started, the Ukrainians and Russians had a flame-war on the company slack.

And if we really were going to die by climate disaster, nuclear war, pandemics, etc. isn't it better not to know until it happens anyway?

You can't spend your life worrying about things that will materialise decades from now, or are going on thousands of miles away. Focus on your own life and your own family and community.

[–] lz0@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I very actively followed news and politics a couple of years ago, and had been doing that for a long time. One day I just got completely fed up, and stopped. And holy shit, I've been so much happier and harmonious since then. Strongly recommend, 5/7

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I like to keep up to date enough on the things my government chooses to do so that I can make an informed choice the next time I vote.