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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested.

Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings