Abuse of Compander.ar #SuperCollider, #Techno, #Clicks

Dear @feditips dear instance admin @JohanEmpa, dear explainers of the #fediverse, can someone explain to me how the #explore section is made up? I don't assume it's handcrafted by #instanceadmins clicking buttons all day long, but there's a shared #algorithm? Is it based on #popularity, based on what, number of any #interactions? #clicks? #comments? How often is it refreshed? Looks like daily to me on mastodon.green. Please share code!

Who could have predicted back at the start of the #internet age that a world where instant information was available to a large proportion of the world's population would lead to a world where #misinformation seems to dominate. Who knew that the dominating force would be #clicks...😩☹️😢

@lowqualityfacts Hey. Before I start my rant, I want to apologize to you for being the recipient. You’re not the only one here who thinks #journalists should work for free, even if they need to eat and pay rent. So, nothing personal! But still, I get tired of the self-righteous attitude here that suggests #reporters twist facts for #clicks (most don’t give a shit) or that differing viewpoints always come from ulterior motives. Please be less simplistic. It’s not a good look.

I appreciated @seabikeblog 's discussion of the US bike-friendly cities ranking https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2023/07/03/seattle-scores-62-100-in-bike-friendly-ranking-good-enough-for-3rd-place-among-big-u-s-cities/ for actually drawing some illuminating things out of one of those weird ranking circuses, instead of just lazily reposting some #cheap #content for the #clicks.

And as someone who does GIS bird's eye analyses for a living, I couldn't agree more with "there are always going to be big differences between a GIS, bird’s eye analysis of a place and the actual experience on the ground."

@sixtus The #press will sadly do everything for #clicks. Ad clicks ad clicks ad clicks. They're addicted to it like drug addicts to the needle. The press enabled Trump. For clicks. The press enabled Bolsonaro. For clicks. They still publish daily their rubbish. For clicks.

They're completely fine to create a dictatorship if that brings them even more clicks clicks clicks.

They'd have done Hitler homestories in 1932 if ad clicks existed back then.

Schweiz Bananastaat. Bei über 60 1. Mai Veranstaltungen / Demos in der Schweiz, berichten Medien lediglich über zwei (natürlich) verwerfliche Ausschreitungen am Rande der Demos. Worum es Medien nur noch geht, ist offensichtlich. #Skandale #clicks #Einschaltquote -> #Medienkrise

Separating #fact from #opinion is
now an everyday #obstacle course.
Staying #informed means wading through thousands of #headlines, ads, and op-eds, all driven by one #goal. To be loud. To continuously catch your #attention and keep it. But that's why we started #1440—A news source made for #knowledge. Not #clicks
https://join1440.com/

#know what's really #cool abou #mastodon ? post links are #public and they don't get blocked like elsewhere, #FB #Tw, when someone #clicks them. Test in #incognito window

Weird to see that publications that we used to think of as credible or decent will actively spread #medical disinformation that will cause serious harm in order to maximize #clicks.

#controversy translates into #eyeballs

#bothsidesism means controversy

#Journalists #Editors and #Publishers know exactly what they are doing when they spread disinformation about #masks or #ventilation in preventing #covid

#Money and #Profits are no excuse for undermining public safety

Cc: #IRE #Nicar #Icij

Hey #seo friends. Not that I bother but are there were any update in #bing around 17-January? One of my site goes completely flat 🤔 #webmastertools #clicks #impressions

Something I’ve noticed when I’m on Facebook (which is really rare): Facebook likes to show videos just in the same format as TikTok. They’re usually shorter in length and most of the videos presented to me are craft videos, DIY, art projects, makeup tutorials, and some (but very few) tech videos.

A good portion of these aforementioned videos show a how-to process. And the strange thing is… most of the results don’t look great.

A video of someone making a bench? It turns out really crooked. But the video doesn’t address that.

Someone doing a DIY make your own makeup brushes? The brushes apply unevenly and look really scrappy.

A tutorial on how to make a cake? The cake design is really “off” and fails to make sense but is presented as “professional.”

Someone doing a hair dye how-to? The color job is splotchy and uneven. You can clearly see the problems, despite it being performed by a “stylist.”

I don’t spend enough time on there to know, but this almost seems like the intention of the videos are for people to notice the poor quality of the results and feel the need to say something about it. I see them all as engagement bait.

I know that’s subjective, but these aren’t videos from independent people, they’re usually random pages that are shoved in my face that appear to be monetized. These pages push out handfuls of videos like these a day. This is literally what my feed is filled to the brim with.

“Content” has reached such an interesting junction to where the outcomes aren’t important and the clicks and views are the only measure. Independent creators sometimes see this “success” and try to mimic it which then floods the platform with even more videos that don’t really accomplish anything outside of compelling someone to comment.

That’s probably pretty obvious on one hand, but on the other, again, I’ve spent so much time away from certain platforms that seeing that just kind of makes me laugh a little.

A lot of videos have gone from more impactful to just being time wasters so a company on the backend can make money. It feels so empty.

#Facebook #Content #ContentCreation #Videos #Advertisers #Monetization #Clicks #Views

When I post #links to my #website on #Instagram I never get more than 10% of #audience clicking on them. Never! Sometimes even less.

Yesterday I posted the link as usual but called it "Don't click on the link", and guess what?

10 #clicks out of 72 #views.. so..

PLEASE

Don't click on my links,
Don't #boost this post,
there's absolutely NO #nudes on my website and there's #NothingImportant or #interesting for you to read there!

:blobshibewink:

Brickwall Crawler Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3-58UOgAo
#brickwall #fauna #experimentalmusic #outdoors #sounddesign #animation #photography #stills #blues #bass #clicks #wahwah

"Once clicking "share" becomes habitual, the content of what's shared matters less." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/for-facebook-addicts-clicking-is-more-important-than-facts-or-ideology/ #facebook #socialmedia #clicks

now playing "sinter", new release from arovane, on the french laaps label.
#bandcamp #atmospheric #ambient #clicks #electronic
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/sinter

It is clear that #twitter is now 4chan since @elonmusk
took over.

#Scientists & scientifically minded people will not stay on this platform, nor should they.

If only media people could kick their addiction too, Twitter would be dead already, instead of dragging it out for #clicks

The #miscalculation from rightwing culture warriors is always that they think they can coerce #intellectuals and #scientists into submission by owning their forums.

#Silvesterkrawalle #Neukölln #Berlin
Es ist zum Mäusemelken: Jedes mal das Gleiche: #Gewalt von #Migrant*innen generiert #Auflage, #Einschaltquoten & #Clicks.
Die #Polizei erhält erst einmal die #Nachrichtenhoheit & wird als verlässliche Quelle eingestuft.
Die ganze Wahrheit bekommt später deutl. weniger Raum.
Bei Rechtsextremen & in Moskau knallen die Sektkorken!

Wo bleibt die Entschuldigung?
Korrigierte Zahlen zeigen: Hotspot der Gewalt nicht in Neukölln
https://www.migazin.de/2023/01/16/wo-entschuldigung-hotspot-gewalt-neukoelln/

My #SEO, an ability so grand
Experience and E-A-T to lend a hand
To rank the highest where all can see
Increasing #clicks, an ever growing spree
Optimizations great, with strategy sublime
Your brand will shine throughout web time

Clicky gym #gym #clicks