2024-09-07 10:50
The engagement bait and trolling from @katienotopoulos et al. has been a lot of fun. And all it's revealed is that there's nothing new under the sun on social media. The posts that Meta's algorithms favor continue to be those that draw outrage.
Shitposting, Two Minutes Hate against legacy media, and questions recycled from AskReddit do well. Quality conversations do happen, but they're contingent and on the fringe.
It's the low-quality drivel that stays winning.