• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Reddit and mostly all “social” media only care about engagement. Psychologists have found out that negative information has a significantly higher chance of user engagement to respond (comment, share) than positive information

    It’s why ragebait is so effective and why it’s everywhere (even Lemmy and BlueSky,)