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Have you ever seen the posts? Some relatives comment on them so they show up on my feed, but the post will be something like "do you like dogs or cats better?"
by oh_sigh 5y ago
Have you ever seen the posts? Some relatives comment on them so they show up on my feed, but the post will be something like "do you like dogs or cats better?" And my aunt and 10 million other people will make a post just saying "cat" or "dog"
- ethbr0 5y agoIt's a series of gates too, right? To propagate (show up on more feeds), they need people to interact with it. So successful content will be that that best drives interaction, and I guess comments still weigh more heavily than likes? Consequently, Facebook itself is a brute force algorithm for discovering the more virulently memetic content and phrasing.
- Igelau 5y agoIt's sort of weird to have watched the target demographic switch from college kids to everyone's older aunts and uncles. We went from "you should know better than to post that picture" to "you should know better than to engage with that order of operations question".
- wingerlang 5y agoOpen LinkedIn today and you're almost guaranteed to see some engagement bait prompting you to react X or Y for different opinions.
- wiether 5y ago> And my aunt Facebook really ruined the opinion I had of my relatives because of that kind of stuff. Man, you taught me how to fish but look at you now, jumping on every bait thrown at you...