• jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
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    6 months ago

    Sadly, this was the only article I saw today on the topic. It is weird that it’s buried. I mean… isn’t “don’t burry the lede” the first principle of journalism?

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      6 months ago

      Not anymore. Not when your revenue is dependent on people seeing ads. The further they scroll, the more ads they see. So they shove a bunch of garbage fluff in the first few paragraphs to keep people scrolling.