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[-] Tanoh@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

There is a reason clickbait images and titles are used, they work. If they didn't work, no one would use them.

[-] eskimofry@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

You must think marketing is made of infallible geniuses. Just because it exists doesn't make it good.

[-] spacedancer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

They didn’t say it was good, just that it’s what works; that’s why it’s everywhere.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

Nobody said "good", but if it keeps existing, it works or at least isn't harmful. Bit like evolution.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 year ago

Or there are people with an interest in keeping it that way.

I don't think there's any big conspiracy about YouTube titles, but let's not pretend thing like wealth inequality still exist because they're not harmful.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

What "interest" would they have to keep it that way if it wasn't working?

Wealth inequality exists because it works for the people who have the power to control it. In a way, it's not harmful ENOUGH to change evolutionarily.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
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[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good is what generates money. If it works it’s good

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