What do you make of people here who just post news stories?

They are virtue signaling.

Posting news stories that reflect their beliefs and looking for validation and like minded people

Thier dime so to speak

For me it reminds me that things are still happening out there, which is rarely good, so with people here posting about those things there's always an outrage sentiment, which is either commendable, or reprehensible, the latter being an example of how I see error being propounded and expanded, and the prior as reinforcement that fosters a sense of communal woe about the state of things.

Yeah, I just scroll past them all
I get my news sources elsewhere

Showing their superiority especially when you disagree with their opinions

I think people have always had conversations about current events that affect us, or amuse us, or make us wonder about things.

Sometimes I post, sometimes I engage

And if I'm not interested I just keep scrolling

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