the independent

[frogwoman]

im surprised that there's no "going down the pan" thread for this newspaper given that the quality has declined so dramatically (or maybe it's always been this bad and I didn't notice)? I mean the website really is totally awful now

 

[Orang Utan]

Well, it has gone down the pan already. The print version anyway

 

[8den]

The online version is the worst. And whomever runs there social media account is the fucking worst. Endless retweets advertising shitty sub par buzzfeed lite listiciles and celebrity bullshit. Fuck off.

 

[hot air baboon]

it has gone down the pan already

....it should be called the In-de-pan-dent...

 

[DotCommunist]

i only ever see its online politics/world news stuff which seems generally ok, does it do horrible lifestyle and shit opinion pieces from vapid cunts?

 

[Orang Utan]

i only ever see its online politics/world news stuff which seems generally ok, does it do horrible lifestyle and shit opinion pieces from vapid cunts?

It has the fucking Indy100 clickbait site

 

[two sheds]

I get a message every time I look that I'm using Ad blocking software and could I please stop. I followed their instructions and it makes no difference. Mind you as I've noted before I have so much Ad blocking software I'm surprised anything displays.

 

[stavros]

i only ever see its online politics/world news stuff which seems generally ok, does it do horrible lifestyle and shit opinion pieces from vapid cunts?

They backed the Tories in the GE last year. I don't know what their referendum stance was, but I seem to remember Private Eye linking Lebedev's probable non-dom status to the editorial decision.

 

[frogwoman]

Yeah misleading headlines and lists everyone MUST SEE

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The online version is the worst. And whomever runs there social media account is the fucking worst. Endless retweets advertising shitty sub par buzzfeed lite listiciles and celebrity bullshit. Fuck off.

There was a noticeable change in their social media output about a year or so ago; suddenly lots of lists and clickbait bullshit.

"This 11 year old got expelled from school. This is why..."

"We show you what a cannabis tampon really looks like"

"Find out what the FA thinks is the future of football"

"Check out Kim Kardashian's new skin condition before Saturday's Superbowl"



It's what you have to do when you don't sell papers anymore.

 

[frogwoman]

add to this the "rear entrance" bollocks about a homophobic abuse incident Mation

 

[8den]

And here they are conflating today's protest at city airport with terrorism

Black Lives Matter protest at London City Airport could inspire copycat terrorist attacks

 

[krtek a houby]

How low do they have to stoop to increase their readership? What a shame.

 

[frogwoman]

And here they are conflating today's protest at city airport with terrorism

Black Lives Matter protest at London City Airport could inspire copycat terrorist attacks

well that's ironic given some of their other content to say the least

 

[irf520]

I get a message every time I look that I'm using Ad blocking software and could I please stop. I followed their instructions and it makes no difference. Mind you as I've noted before I have so much Ad blocking software I'm surprised anything displays.

Try a javascript blocker (such as NoScript). I've found on most sites this will disable the adblock detector but still let you read the content.

 

[bi0boy]

im surprised that there's no "going down the pan" thread for this newspaper given that the quality has declined so dramatically (or maybe it's always been this bad and I didn't notice)? I mean the website really is totally awful now

It's not a newspaper since February when it shut down. There is a residuary website which is being used to extract advertising profits from the old paper's brand, but it's not worth reading.

 

[two sheds]

Try a javascript blocker (such as NoScript). I've found on most sites this will disable the adblock detector but still let you read the content.

Ah no sorry they let me read the content I just have to click the X at the top right of the box. I tried to disable the ad blocking software because they requested it.

 

[nino_savatte]

The Independent doesn't actually moderate comments unless they contain the words "fuck", "shit" and "piss". Seriously. Racist and sexist comments are ignored when they're flagged and comments that express violence towards minorities are left unmoderated. Their comments threads are like overflowing open sewers.

 

[Pickman's model]

The Independent doesn't actually moderate comments unless they contain the words "fuck", "shit" and "piss". Seriously. Racist and sexist comments are ignored when they're flagged and comments that express violence towards minorities are left unmoderated. Their comments threads are like overflowing open sewers.

 

[Pickman's model]

the independent started going downhill when alex left for the telegraph

 

[nino_savatte]

Hilarious.

 

[DaveCinzano]

"We show you what a cannabis tampon really looks like"

I for one am intrigued

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I for one am intrigued

we must smoke it

then write a column in the Independent about how drugs addled our minds.

you won't believe what happened next...

 

[gosub]

Theresa May warned EU law 'requires a second referendum' on any Brexit agreement
references
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/12/section/2
which leads you to
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/12/section/4

why print that article?
What next, column inches on how the freeman of the land think they've come up with a cunning ruse?

 

[DaveCinzano]

There was a noticeable change in their social media output about a year or so ago; suddenly lots of lists and clickbait bullshit.

"We show you what a cannabis tampon really looks like"

Having just read the above ^ comment, I though to myself 'You know what? I think I do want to know what a cannabis tampon looks like!', only to scroll a little further down and see...

I for one am intrigued

Absolutely no recollection of this

 

[Pickman's model]

Absolutely no recollection of this

The memory of a goldfish

 

[DaveCinzano]

There was a noticeable change in their social media output about a year or so ago; suddenly lots of lists and clickbait bullshit.

"We show you what a cannabis tampon really looks like"

Having just read the above ^ comment, I though to myself 'You know what? I think I do want to know what a cannabis tampon looks like!', only to scroll a little further down and see...

I for one am intrigued

Absolutely no recollection of this

 

[Yossarian]

Having just read the above ^ comment, I though to myself 'You know what? I think I do want to know what a cannabis tampon looks like!'

Looks like photo editors had to get creative to illustrate that story. No. 2 seems a little impractical.

 

[danny la rouge]

Having just read the above ^ comment, I though to myself 'You know what? I think I do want to know what a cannabis tampon looks like!', only to scroll a little further down and see...



Absolutely no recollection of this

That's what too many cannabis tampons does for you.

 

[DaveCinzano]

That's what too many cannabis tampons does for you.

Heavy flow, man, heavy flow