> Visits, clicks, read time. The fact we measure this way has destroyed journalism as a profession that writes important and accurate stories that inform the p

> Visits, clicks, read time. The fact we measure this way has destroyed journalism as a profession that writes important and accurate stories that inform the public. It also reveals the problem that a locally optimizing for something can lead to reduced global levels of that thing. E.g. a journalist on a site making click bait might increase the views on his article while also turning people off the site as a whole, destroying it.