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Quite honestly, I feel like most of the media websites do the same thing. Write negative articles for more clicks, virality, etc. For example, this article cou
by czardoz 8y ago
Quite honestly, I feel like most of the media websites do the same thing. Write negative articles for more clicks, virality, etc.
For example, this article could have been a piece on educating people on how to use Twitter correctly (follow your interests, don't respond to trolls, think critically), but instead focuses on how things are all dark and bad.
That being said, the solutions proposed here are actually sound IMO.
- _trampeltier 8y agoEveryone want to make money. They sell ad space, not news.
- User23 8y agoI also want to make money, because my landlord doesn't accept my being a wonderful socially responsible person in lieu of rent.
- gaius 8y agoWrite negative articles for more clicks, virality The unofficial motto: "Enragement is engagement!" Actually it wouldn't surprise me if that was the official motto of some places.
- mannykannot 8y agoAn Bloomberg article on how to use Twitter correctly isn't going to fix the problem with Twitter, either.
- humanetech 8y ago> Quite honestly, I feel like most of the media websites do the same thing. Write negative articles for more clicks, virality, etc. In social media it may not be the writing of the negative articles that is the problem, but more the reinforcement of the negative messages by algorithms designed to keep us on the platform for the longest time, and found out that feeding us disturbing, shocking stuff, conspiracy theories, etc. works best to keep us engaged. The concept is well described in Max Stossel's Medium article "How Everyone Lost Their Mind… Except you" [0] > "Have you noticed that everything seems like it’s falling apart? Have you noticed that the world is crumbling in exactly the way you thought it would? Have you felt recently like you’re the only one who gets it, and everyone else just doesn’t understand… like the world has been going crazy and everyone else is getting sucked in to their conspiracy theories, or fooled by mainstream media [..] Doesn’t it feel like everyone except for you, and maybe your tribe has lost their freaking minds?!" [0] https://medium.com/@maxstossel/how-everyone-lost-their-mind-e1cede28a30 https://medium.com/@maxstossel/how-everyone-lost-their-mind-...