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Facebook figured out a long time ago that "ragebait" and profit are transitively connected via "engagement". They recognized that anger, hate, fear, and all neg
by superxpro12 2mo ago
Facebook figured out a long time ago that "ragebait" and profit are transitively connected via "engagement". They recognized that anger, hate, fear, and all negative emotions can ALSO bring in a LOT of clicks.
- throwaway27448 2mo agoThis is true of every social media that operates around engagement. Reddit, twitter, tiktok, etc. the model failed in every way except for making money. Hell, it's true of hacker news sometimes!