• WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    And Reddit is doing the same shit. Idk why they think it’s a good idea to give people monetary incentive to be batshit crazy

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      8 months ago

      Because it makes them money. See, monolithic companies don’t care about anything other than money and pleasing shareholders. The only way they will ever care about real life issues is if/when they transform into loss of revenue or pressure from their board of directors.

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        8 months ago

        Shareholders can be batshitcrazy too. X/Twitter has been in decline for a while. It’s true they could be leeching money from the he far right but I highly doubt so.

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      8 months ago

      TBH it’s not just reddit or social media: Internet’s per-view ad revenue is exactly what ruined traditional newspapers (ok, some where shit to begin with)