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FWIW upvotes don't correlate with accurate or impartial content, they correlate with engagement (controversial or entertaining content). Boring accurate science
by 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
FWIW upvotes don't correlate with accurate or impartial content, they correlate with engagement (controversial or entertaining content). Boring accurate science doesn't attract attention.
- cbsmith 4y agoAt least at this point, the link to the nature article is the #2 comment on this article...
- dpkirchner 4y agoAnd specifically engagement with the title, not so much the article. It'd be pretty hard for a link to make it out of new without some early knee-jerk pre-read upvotes, IMO.