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alganet[dead post] ◴[] No.44468288[source]
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Myzel394 ◴[] No.44468407[source]
Why's that?
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alganet ◴[] No.44468467[source]
it rewards viral, vague behavior that only draws clicks but doesn't actually generate knowledge
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1. tayo42 ◴[] No.44473961[source]
How does it do this? It hosts texts and newsletters? You mignt as well say any blog post hosting service is like that
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2. alganet ◴[] No.44475401[source]
It presents likes and reshares metrics. This rewards content that is vague and viral. If you can trick people to make numbers go up, doesn't matter the quality of the content.

It's garbage. C'mon, we all know this already.