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Good news doesn't get clicks. Usually doesn't even get reported.
by api 9mo ago
Good news doesn't get clicks. Usually doesn't even get reported.
- SecretDreams 9mo agoAlso, saving me a bit of time in coding is objectively not a good trade if the same tool very easily emboldens pedophiles and other fringe groups.
- venndeezl 9mo agoMedia in the US is obsessed with fear mongering: https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/08/mortality-in-the-news-vs-what-we-usually-die-from/ https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/08/mortality-in-the-news-vs-... If they reported on heart disease people might get healthy. But it's instinctual understanding that people dying all over just improves journalists odds in our society. Keep them anxious with crime stats! Such an unserious joke of a society.
- expedition32 9mo agoSo do you dispute that this is happening? And its all over my country too. Expecting tech bros to take responsibility for what they have unleashed is asking too much I suppose.
- api 9mo agoThis is purely economic. Fear mongering gets clicks, which boosts ad revenues. I've read statistics to the effect that bad news (fear or rage bait) often gets as much as 10,000X the engagement vs good news.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoNews is whatever people would care about reading.