It takes two to tango. Or maybe it's just a two-way street. Sure, I decide who to interact with. But I make that decision based on how they post. They post, in

It takes two to tango. Or maybe it's just a two-way street. Sure, I decide who to interact with. But I make that decision based on how they post. They post, in turn, based on how other people react to their posts. About half of the things on my FB feed never get a single like or comment. I'm not sure why I still post them. Some of my misses: "Judge permanently dismisses charges against [Breonna Taylor's boyfriend]": https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenneth-walker-breonna-taylor-judge-dismisses-charges/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenneth-walker-breonna-taylor-j... "TikTok assures users worried about Myanmar that they're aggressively monetizing the situation": https://www.theonion.com/tiktok-assures-users-worried-about-myanmar-that-they-re-1846407729 https://www.theonion.com/tiktok-assures-users-worried-about-... "Here's why Texas is still without power ... and why other states are vulnerable too": https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/02/why-the-power-is-out-in-texas-and-why-other-states-are-vulnerable-too/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/02/why-the-power-is-... Here are some things that got multiple interactions: this image mocking TX Gov Greg Abbott: https://i.redd.it/wlq9vk0k9ri61.png https://i.redd.it/wlq9vk0k9ri61.png this meme about Gamestop: https://i.redd.it/vdfzutt6b4e61.jpg https://i.redd.it/vdfzutt6b4e61.jpg It's easier for me to post low-info, high-emotion, easily-consumed polit-ideological junk food and get likes than it is to get attention with a link containing some information or argument, or even just inoffensive satire. Explanations are out, newsfeed-optimal screenshots of brief text are in. It's very misleading to ignore the influence of the environment when considering how people choose whom to interact with.