I wrote the articles to test my theories on what captures attention on the internet I don't have any analytics installed on this site That seems counter-intui

I wrote the articles to test my theories on what captures attention on the internet I don't have any analytics installed on this site That seems counter-intuitive? To me this reads purely like deliberate controversy to get some notoriety. The posts you mention I actually read (both I think) and found one of the 2 to be of interest. To suggest they were some sort of trick just seems weird.