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It's only a game if people play. Disliking both works fine.

• kelipso 2y ago
  Lol okay but if you don't play the game, you lose.
  • s1artibartfast 2y ago
    You dont have to win every game. I'm fine not winning a Darwin award.
    • micromacrofoot 2y ago
      NASA is almost constantly struggling for budget, they need every eyeball they can get
      • s1artibartfast 2y ago
        Shallow clickbait makes me less inclined to support the institution, not more. At a minimum, there are tradeoffs involved.
        • micromacrofoot 2y ago
          Right and they need to get the general public interested in this stuff, not nerds on the nerdsite
          • s1artibartfast 2y ago
            I think clickbait gets clicks, but doesn't build favorable sentiment or interest. I think this is true for the general public as well. To this end it might make sense for a company/website paid based on click through engagement, but you will notice that most of those institutions are generally despised by the public. I don't think being annoyed by clickbait is unique to nerds or such a sophisticated concept that the General Public can't comprehend it. It's not like when NASA comes up for Budget approval being known as the agency that creates shitty clickbait articles will help them. In fact, I think it is exactly the kind of brand that they wouldn't want to build
      • kjkjadksj 2y ago
        They don't get budget by clickbait. How do I even as a registered voter have anything to do with NASA at all? I don't vote on their budget. I've never been offered to vote on a funding package for them. I chose from maybe two candidates as my representative on various levels of government, and am beholden to whatever platform they come up with.
        • micromacrofoot 2y ago
          Believe it or not politicians come up with their platforms largely based on the interests and desires of their constituents. If NASA gets more people reading and learning about space, maybe more people will think it's a priority. It's not exactly rocket science.
          • s1artibartfast 2y ago
            Maybe it will get more people thinking space is just about garbage clickbait, and a waste of time and money.
            • micromacrofoot 2y ago
              if clickbait didn't work, they wouldn't keep using it
              • s1artibartfast 2y ago
                How exactly do you think they model and validate the relationship between clickbait and budget allocation or public sentiment.
                • micromacrofoot 2y ago
                  it's all about those clicks baby
          • kjkjadksj 2y ago
            They come up with their platforms based on donors and their advertisers. Advertisers set the narratives in public discourse that inform public opinion. Politicians know where their bread is buttered. If NASA wants more money they should consider doing more secret squirrel stuff like they’ve done in the past. Its why satellites were funded. Its why apollo was funded. Its why the shuttle was funded. Little academic exercises are only going to get so much money compared to how much is sloshing around in defense related spending. Unfortunately for them I’m sure much of this space defense money they might have gotten otherwise goes to space force and other agencies that weren’t around or operating in space in the 1960s.
  • panick21_ 2y ago
    Damn I just lost 'The Game'. Sorry everybody who is playing.
    • BizarroLand 2y ago
      It's all about the game and how you play it. -Motörhead