Is everyone just using AI and not proof reading? I see this a lot lately. Even Tom’s Guide has bad editing, a good example is this article: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/pixel-8

Most notably, the display looks set to shrink from 6.3 inches to 5.8 inches

Then

The Pixel 8’s screen is rumored to measure 6.17 inches, down from 6.31 inches.

It’s like they’re just grabbing from other articles and cramming together or adding content to old news now vs analyzing and forming opinions. With all the LMG drama lately, I had hoped written news would take note. Maybe I’m just too picky.

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They’re competing to see who’s gonna land first on Google News, RSS readers and link aggregators as that’s how they can get the most organic views, which they can then convert to ad revenue. So I guess for them speed of writing comes before quality.

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      1 year ago

      This is my hypothesis as well, but it’s not unique to tech writing.

      It’s everything. Having a top search result for a common query is just worth too much money.