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Cake day: November 10th, 2023

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  • There’s a bunch of writers on here that favor using em dashes, but then again I wouldn’t call those people the average user.

    It’s good to treat content with suspicion when there’s a bunch of em dashes, but it’s more like a clue than definitive proof. If you can find more clues, it’s very likely. If not, the person just likes using them.










  • “stole” is not really the right word. One outlet reports on something, like something that was said during GDC. Other outlets then “remix” (/reorder) the content of said article to create their own article from that. Most of the times they attribute it correctly, but some less-than-savory outlets don’t even credit the original source. But I digress.

    The problem with this remixing of content is that it keeps losing accuracy / value each time it’s reworked by a different outlet. They change the headline, change the order of paragraphs or sentences, omit certain bits, add something else; eventually this means that the clickbaity versions get more traction that the original article while also being less accurate at the same time. This irks me greatly, hence my initial comment.

    You’re not wrong about drip-feeding content though. They will milk every single quote in an interview and create a whole new article for each thing that was said, even if these quotes were said in the span of two minutes.