Let’s look at what wiki Hungary says of the site it supposedly appeared on, shall we?
The 444.hu portal was founded on April 29, 2013 by Péter Uj, one of the former editors-in-chief of index.hu together with several former colleagues. [1] In 2015, Dániel Pál Rényi and László Szily also joined the news portal.
Most of the members of the start-up editorial board previously worked for Index.hu and Origo.hu. In 2014, he received a grant of USD 49,500 (more than HUF 10 million) from the György Soros Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, to bring irregularities related to the parliamentary elections to the general public. The fact of the support was acknowledged by the editor-in-chief Péter Uj to the Hungarian Nation already in 2014, indicating that 14! An election observation mobile application was developed. [2] Two years later, a leak site called DCLeaks made it public again, [3] which was taken over by several domestic newspapers, concealing the fact that the information had been known for two years. [4] [5]
From May 2017, 444.hu will also ask for financial support from its readers
Activity [edit]
444.hu also appears on various internet platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Ask.fm, Snapchat, YouTube).
Comprehensive reports dealing with various social trends and issues appear regularly on the site. For example, the main topics and conflicts of Hungarian youtubers, the stars of ask.fm, the dangers of herbalization, and the everyday life of addicts were presented in a video series. A series entitled Hungarian War Rappers was pushed out of the mainstream media in 2014 under the title Raph War. [7] They also made a sharing report with a gay Hungarian escort boy, Milán Gagastar, and Zoltán Orosz, the mayor of Érpatak, who is nationally known for his radical far-right views. The site also participated in the broadcasting and running of the two seasons of Ki Mit Tube. A few members of the editorial board were given a seat on the jury.
Image [edit]
The image of 444.hu is basically determined by the gifs that illustrate articles, as well as the self-made, often satirical figures and pictures. In September 2014, the TLDR was introduced, which is suitable for publishing larger format, longer articles and analytical publications.
The tone of the site is generally characterized by a humorous tone, sometimes in a self-ironic way. And some journalists follow the line of evil journalism.
There are several thematic pages related to 444.hu, such as Mivoltma, which presents popular memes in a style similar to American BuzzFeed. Articles about women and their social status appear in Feminfon, often in response to popular stories or public events in the tabloid press, while the North Opening page publishes articles on social trends in the Scandinavian countries.
Ground Comments [edit]
In January 2016, 444.hu tightened the rules of commenting, introduced a pre-moderation system to displace hateful comments and trolls from the platform under the articles. The point of the system is that commenters who post 90% of the posts are added to a white list, so that their posts appear without pre-moderation, while those who are not on the list are checked. Admission to the list is subject to compliance with the rules set out on the site. [8] [9]
Comparison of 444.hu and 888.hu [edit]
121212.hu - founded by András Györfi - as a public media service since November 2015 [10] has compared the opinions of 888.hu and 444.hu on topics presenting the events of Hungary and the world. At the end of January 2016, the site comparing the two portals was closed due to lack of interest. [11]
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