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It shows that the author is incentivized by drawing traffic, which increases the likelihood of hyperbolized articles.
by trevyn 7y ago
It shows that the author is incentivized by drawing traffic, which increases the likelihood of hyperbolized articles.
- tomnipotent 7y ago> author is incentivized by drawing traffic Of course he is, that's the whole point of writing.
- mwfunk 7y agoNo, that’s the whole point of advertising. Writing is about communicating ideas in good faith, otherwise I’m not interested.
- tomnipotent 7y ago> Writing is about communicating ideas in good faith Writing is a tool for whatever purpose the writer wants to use it for. To some that's advertising, for others it's writing online content and hoping to grow a newsletter list.
- mwfunk 7y agoEveryone has different priorities and motivations, for sure. I'm just saying that, if someone's priorities are growing a newsletter list first, and communicating ideas in good faith second, that's so much less interesting, and there's so much competition.