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Why's that?

• alganet 1y ago
  it rewards viral, vague behavior that only draws clicks but doesn't actually generate knowledge
  • vasco 1y ago
    The windmills are that way
    • alganet 1y ago
      running into a windmill considered harmful
      • rvz 1y ago
        considered harmful considered harmful
        • alganet 1y ago
          One could make a vague substack post about this.
  • whatevertrevor 1y ago
    Can you expound? I've heard about some controversy around them not moderating hateful content, which fair enough. But how does it reward anything if you're not engaging with anything outside of direct article links or newsletters you subscribe to? IMO your comment is not constructive unless you think the linked article is "viral vague behavior that only draws clicks"
    • alganet 1y ago
      It's constructive criticism towards the platform.
  • tayo42 1y ago
    How does it do this? It hosts texts and newsletters? You mignt as well say any blog post hosting service is like that
    • alganet 1y ago
      It presents likes and reshares metrics. This rewards content that is vague and viral. If you can trick people to make numbers go up, doesn't matter the quality of the content. It's garbage. C'mon, we all know this already.