Heh, although I'm a cheapskate, the ad-based world is a fucked up one. We now have an attention-economy, trying to keep you hooked on the content so "the platfo

Heh, although I'm a cheapskate, the ad-based world is a fucked up one. We now have an attention-economy, trying to keep you hooked on the content so "the platform" can serve you ads and earn money off you. And they do that by serving content that engages you, and apparently it's content that stirs up a lot of emotions. "Worried about refugees? Here's some videos about refugees being terrible". Replace "refugee" with "people celebrating Genocide", etc, etc...