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The content platforms are designed to sell ads so they focus on engagement and yes they are very good at doing that. The "best" content is not usually the most
by ipsocannibal 6y ago
The content platforms are designed to sell ads so they focus on engagement and yes they are very good at doing that. The "best" content is not usually the most engaging. The popularity of Qanon crap and commentary on Qanon crap is evidence of engagement being promoted over quality to the platform's advantage.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoQAnon is carefully and cynically designed to be engaging. It's a package of shock-value emotional hooks known to be sticky with low-information voters who slant towards moral narcissism and authoritarianism. The arts have to work harder. There are certain stock tropes and narratives musicians and movie producers can draw on, with varying degrees of deliberate awareness. But the target demographics are more varied, and some are even mutable. So it's harder to hit the bullseye with any consistency.