I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

  • @[email protected]
    175•2 months ago

    Ars Technica has always been very upfront about it whenever they cover news related to reddit. It’s certainly not ideal, but Ars Technica remains a very good website for tech news

    • FubarberryEnglish
      69•2 months ago

      Ars Technica is generally excellent in my experience, one of the better tech news websites.

            • @[email protected]
              6•2 months ago

              Appreciating Space X accomplishments does not make you an Elon boi.

              Half his gig is space and is he supposed to leave Space X out of his articles?

              He talked about the Longmarch as well. I guess that makes him a terrible Chinese apologist.

              • @[email protected]
                2•2 months ago

                His tone for Space X failures does not match the tone he uses for <insert company name> failures.

                His tone for Space X accomplishments does not match the tone for <insert company name> accomplishments.

                Its a clear bias, and its sad that he has been able to dedicate so much time doing this without people realizing it.

      • B-TR3E
        5•2 months ago

        Don’t trust ars one inch as soon as they’re getting political. They’re highly manipulative.

    • lechekaflan
      4•2 months ago

      They have very blunt takes at the space launch industry, for one.

    • @[email protected]
      35•2 months ago

      Yup, as long as the current staff (by and large) are still at the helm of the Ars orbiting HQ, I’ll continue to go there. I’ve lost too many other good tech news sites in the last decade, I can’t lose another one.

      The rest of Conde Nast is hot garbage.

      • B-TR3E
        8•2 months ago

        Ars technica is full of shit, too, as soon they’re even slightly off the tech trail. Even while on the tech trail they’re massively untrustworthy as soon as their owners’ interests are involved. I’ve kicked them out of my RSS reader long ago. If they really got something exciting I’ll get to know via slashdot, mastodon or feddit. Still I’m suspicious as I at least one time caught them intentionally spreading false information.

        • @[email protected]
          4•2 months ago

          bahh they are hit and miss sure but also it’s entertaining enough and some of the people getting their star come from the meh work

    • ...m...
      1•2 months ago

      …unfortunately they’re rife with oppressively disruptive advertising these days; just not worth reading anymore and my battery life agrees…