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The Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media (ca.pcmag.com)
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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

To be fair, engagement bait works.

Look how much Twitter ragebait gets upvoted here on Lemmy.

Whenever I go to check the source for the posts, they aren't even real; it's a bot account posting 24/7, or at the very least a dedicated engagement farmer. But people don't care, they just want that feeling.