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Why is healthline so high on the block/lower list? (Excluding Pinterest) IMO I like the fact that they link sources to their claims, which is very rare on the
by Sxubas 1y ago
Why is healthline so high on the block/lower list? (Excluding Pinterest)
IMO I like the fact that they link sources to their claims, which is very rare on the current web. I think of it as a somewhat trustable source of information. Am I wrong?
- leereeves 1y agoI think it's reasonably trustworthy for a popular health site, but if I used Kagi I would block Healthline myself. Their Top N lists frequently appear on top of my health related searches when I'm looking for something more scholarly.
- eclipticplane 1y agoI block them, but I block most common health sites. When I'm searching a health condition, I almost always only want Wikipedia. But Wikipedia's search is pretty bad unless you know the exact name of what you're searching for.
- eddythompson80 1y agoCould be because healthline blocks most VPNs and manifest-based ad blockers. Kagi users are basically HN users.
- Semaphor 1y agoI have it blocked because I had them show up with auto generated (and, obviously, wrong) AI slop results. Anything like that gets an instant block.
- computer23 1y agoHealthline is not a trustworthy site- See Wikipedia discussion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_409#Healthline:_deprecate_or_blacklist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/N...?