▲ 158 ▼ I created the weirdest political compass (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 62 points 1 year ago* (1 child) AKA: How to annoy a bunch of computer nerds very quickly.... Make one for Linux distros next!!! permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 child) By being wildly wrong you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 child) You say "wildly wrong", they say "incentivizing engagement". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) So rage bait? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested. Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 child) By being wildly wrong you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 child) You say "wildly wrong", they say "incentivizing engagement". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) So rage bait? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested. Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 child) You say "wildly wrong", they say "incentivizing engagement". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) So rage bait? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested. Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) So rage bait? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested. Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago Precisely. Getting people upset is the foremost technique to farm engagement on social media. Sites such as Facebook even deliberately altered their algorithms to show content that will anger readers because it works so well to keep them invested. Engagement bait is omnipresent and really obvious once you learn to spot it - even something as innocuous as one or two "accidental" typos in a meme to get people into the comments section. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago You could rent yourself to translate corporate-speak in email and meetings permalink fedilink source parent