[pdubs1]

This. This is super important to keep in mind.

Thank you for the reminder.

We have to remember that often, articles of "information" present themselves as such, when in reality, they're intentionally manipulative (in terms of misleading titles, etc.) simply to profit from human behavior (manipulates attention -> clicking). Sad that this is what the news & media industry has devolved into.

They are driven by their own needs for people to click. Not needs to share accurate or new information... but rather, they must simply do enough to keep their lights on, regardless of presence of merit.

[vpner]

I don't actually blame the writers for this though. The technology that made a lot of journalists obsolete is also one of the reason everything has become click-bait to appease the algorithmic processes of driving engagement.

I guess this means good journalism will stand out much easier now because we are so used to click-bait that good writing should really stand out now. When everything is indexed and searchable human curation becomes even more important and good journalists can start filling this role if they are an expert in some domain.