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Interaction bait is detracting from the authentic experience of social media. These are posts meant solely to solicit comments, likes, or shares rather than foster genuine interaction. The author criticizes such content for being manipulative and urges users to avoid engaging with it. Instead, content creators should focus on generating valuable and interesting posts that truly benefit their audience.

Interaction bait is killing social media

social media is a scourge and should be 100% killed.

Some of the topics given by the edge copilot are more decent than I’d expect from it. Some of those could actually turn into a nice healthy discussion space that is generally productive for all parties involved. If it was a topic I am knowledgeable in, then Id probably still weigh in even though the authors intent is clearly some form of self promotion.

i think elon musk is doing the right thing by hiding post stats behind a more annoying menu. now if only paid tweets didn’t exist…

Totally agree with this take. All boils down to some form of system design which strays away from the initial intention a product was built for.
Like how SEO optimisation was necessary to have a much more structured way of representing content. But as time went on and more of the “hacks” to get around started, it became an attention game.
I thought there might be a brick wall we might hit with engagement, because people have only limited time in the day. But then again, here I am commenting on something to avoid the work I have on my plate.
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Isn’t this a sign of the times? If something doesn’t grab our attention, doesn’t give us an adrenaline rush or a dopamine hit, doesn’t involve us in a sense of expertise or having something to say on the subject, won’t we simply refuse to engage? As creators, we want to engage with our audience, so we’re often forced to create such titles just to have listeners. It’s like with advertisements: if they don’t grab our attention, all the effort put into production will be wasted, even if the product is worth its price, people won’t be interested. It’s sad but true.