Comment on Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoIt seems to imply that pedantry is more important than substance.
It’s certainly more common; I mean, we’re on a social media platform that incentivises it.
For the vast majority of people DooM scrolling these days, they want a quick dopamine hit. And influencers want those upvotes in quantity, not quality.
Knowing that the defacto message of a given post is its headline, we need to have a conversation about proper standards and dark patterns.
Click baiting isn’t the kind of baiting for which I came to the internet, and it doesn’t keep me coming again, so why put up with it?
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Lol, you can’t confirm it’s click bait unless you read the article…
None of your critiques are valid, as the substance of the article is congruent with the messaging in the title.
You’re just being lazy.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m not just being lazy; I’m providing justification for my laziness. We should be calling out clickbaiters and other manipulators, not taking them as part and parcel to online discourse
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
But your “justification” is based on feels…
The article goes into great detail supporting the substance of the title, meaning it’s not click bait or manipulation.
You are the one attempting to manipulate people by claiming that the title is something it’s not.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I think you mean to say, my “feels” are based on justification!
Btw abortions rock, I’m responsible for my fair share, but I think using clickbaiting as a weapon is bad, even when it’s for good causes. There’s a reason we have the Jenova Convention, after all