Slopwatch: Linuxsecurity, Google News Slopfarms, and Linux Journal (LJ)
Today we take a quick look at 3 slopfarms which target "Linux". We begin with Linuxsecurity, which is basically a laughing stock. Once upon a time, before a change of systems, it made and published some real articles, based on real work (by actually technical authors). Now... Linuxsecurity is a slopfarm:
Fake article, just like this one from the same day:
Many slop images throughout. It's like looking at a bot-generated garbage dump. There's no actual value in such bland 'articles'. The grammar may be correct, but the message is... nothing.
Google News has also just promoted a slopfarm to people who look for "Linux" news:
100% of that site is LLM slop with slop images at the top. Google News does not include Linuxsecurity, but it does include all sorts of other slopfarms, including the above.
Google News also includes "LJ", which is bad. It also became a slopfarm. First it experimented with slop images and then the text too became slop:
As usual, it's fake:
This author is affiliated with the parent company, which is doing other tasteless things.
He's moreover pushing a really bad agenda using slop. Quantity of BS to defeat quality?
Also see:
- Linux Journal is a Slopfarm, It's Experimenting With LLM 'Authors'
- Slopwatch: Linuxsecurity, BetaNews, and Linux Journal
- Linux Journal Might Have Become the Latest Slopfarm Targeting "Linux", the Trends Are Concerning for Dying News Sites
- Linux Journal Wants Ads on Its LLM Slop or Ads as 'Articles'
BetaNews is also slop, but it no longer targets "Linux". Brian Fagioli does after BetaNews laid him off. █