[roarcher]

> Would it have killed them to do any research at all on this article instead of just rephrasing a tiktok?

This is the latest in low-effort content milling. Whenever I open a new Chrome tab on my phone, I see an endless stream of these paraphrased Reddit and TikTok posts. Right now I see Cheezburger, YourTango, The Daily Dot, Pleated Jeans, Upworthy, and Newsweek. Most point to outrage porn like r/AITA and r/pettyrevenge.

It's really quite funny to read some 22-year-old intern's attempt to take a Reddit post about someone feeling slighted at a family dinner and dress it up as serious breaking news. I guess this is how one pays one's dues as a young journalist these days.

[Viliam1234]

The sooner they get replaced by GPT, the better.

[rozab]

The fact that the writer seems incapable of interacting with the world outside of this one TikTok made me feel like that's already happened

[euroderf]

The fruit that hangs the lowest.