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Hysteria drives clicks.
I was hopeful that there would be less of these shitposts. I expect this bullshit on Reddit but I had higher hopes for Lemmy. I guess I'm naive.
I mean, yeah, what did you expect? People make shitposts, no matter what the name of the website is
I just assumed there would be LESS shitposts, lol. But clearly that was wrong.
Enrage to Engage with a side order of Cunningham's Law. Whether or not the content has merit, you'll hook a bunch of folks eager to argue about it in the comments and get a hit of that sweet sweet engagement.