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It's safe to say that headlines and headline writers (usually editors) are some of the biggest contributors to the culture wars and all-up dishonesty in modern
by 23B1 3y ago
It's safe to say that headlines and headline writers (usually editors) are some of the biggest contributors to the culture wars and all-up dishonesty in modern discourse.
If you think about it, it was inevitable when incentives became more aligned with quick 'hot takes' and volume over signal/noise ratio.
The darkpattern of our times.
- d11z 3y agoEspecially since many (most?) don’t even bother reading past the headline.
- 23B1 3y ago...and strangely, even quality sites like HN take the given headline instead of the lede. Some subreddits have a way to indicate 'misleading headline' – could be a great feature across all consolidators/curatorial social media.