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usonian

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1. It's the clickbait attention economy.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:59 PM

20 hrs ago

Hate gets a bigger reaction than kindness, the "old brain" (limbic) at work.

And at least half the internet traffic is bots. AI crawlers must be at least 1/4 by now.

I use DU and Hacker News as my news aggregators. They are WAY more than enough.

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Pardon my Boomer sensibilities [View all] BeneteauBum 21 hrs ago OP

It's the clickbait attention economy. usonian 20 hrs ago #1

there's so much money in it. mopinko 20 hrs ago #2