Taylor Lorenz on Nostr: "On an average day, a financially motivated clickbait site might be populated with ...

"On an average day, a financially motivated clickbait site might be populated with celebrity news, cute animals, or highly emotional stories—all reliable drivers of traffic. Then, when political turmoil strikes, they drift toward hyperpartisan news, misinformation, and outrage bait because it gets more engagement."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/20/1039076/facebook-google-disinformation-clickbait/