• Hot Saucerman
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    3111 months ago

    Engagement is engagement, whether people are engaged through anger or love.

    Engagement is the only metric these types of media sources care about.

    • stevedidWHAT
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      1911 months ago

      Source not for consumption but as proof that it’s not just a bs screenshot for rage bait to push their link

    • WabiSabiPapi
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      11 months ago

      scrub the influencer brainworms from your gray matter for one moment and produce a critical thought–

      engagement with what, exactly?

      the signal which carries no message is white noise.

      meaningless engagement is distraction, wasted bandwidth.

      an emoji is not a meaningful improvement to the material condition of the working class, or a threat to the status quo. It’s not even relevant to the abolition of work.

      • @prenupbutter@lemm.ee
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        111 months ago

        You’re responding as if they’ve expressed any sort of opinion on that but it’s just facts. It’s just a fact of the state of “journalism” and how online content works now. Higher engagement means more reach, it’s just SEO/marketing shit. These companies aren’t doing it for the betterment of society.