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Why does everything seem like clickbait? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by bmsok@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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Things are going downhill far too quickly. Attention grabbing headlines and no useful content from articles rule the internet.

It makes no sense.

I cannot understand if this is due to AI, corporate greed, propaganda, or a mixture of all of the above.

I love exploring new and creative content. It brings me such great joy to learn new things.

Recently I've felt that I've been backed into a corner on every platform/service that I use and can't get out of getting the same spoon-fed content they think I'll like rather than allowing me to actually discover something fun and new.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sorry if it feels contrived. In my opinion it's like a combustion engine that needs to be primed, you need some activity, even if mostly from power users or people posting for the sake of it to get things going...

Even Reddit started out with company employees pretend to be random people posting and commenting with each other, what we have is way more organic than that, at least.

*As someone correctly points out, maybe taking a break from being online all the time can help you better connect with the world around you, if you find yourself frustrated and bitter.