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Why does everything seem like clickbait? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Things are going downhill far too quickly. Attention grabbing headlines and no useful content from articles rule the internet.

It makes no sense.

I cannot understand if this is due to AI, corporate greed, propaganda, or a mixture of all of the above.

I love exploring new and creative content. It brings me such great joy to learn new things.

Recently I've felt that I've been backed into a corner on every platform/service that I use and can't get out of getting the same spoon-fed content they think I'll like rather than allowing me to actually discover something fun and new.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Honestly, clickbate works. That is why it is used.

Until people stop clicking on it, it will remain.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

In a way I feel like this is a dangerous cop out.

“It works” can’t be the justification for everything. Somethings work at the expense of far too much for it to be tolerated.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

But it does work. You're asking people who's job it is to get eyeballs on things to abandon the one thing that they know will be successful.

I agree it sucks, but the answer needs to be that a savvy public rejects it. Nobody is going to regulate this.

Practice what you preach. Talk about it at parties. Teach your kids.

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