VolcanoWonderpants@lemmy.todaytoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Yep, defintely not a bad personEnglish
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8 months agoWas this on Reddit? I know there are some communities there that actively reward users with upvotes for ragebaitey content.
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Was this on Reddit? I know there are some communities there that actively reward users with upvotes for ragebaitey content.
I tried to get it to write a fanfiction about that camera falling in love with my sister’s GoPro, but it didn’t work. Evidently, this feature is only on the mobile app 😑 And I ain’t downloading it. An article about it from CNBC
Is Holly Horny meant to refer to a Sonic character or some other character famous for being flanderized?
U ar to old for chesborgar? 🥺
do u stil like anyfimg from macdonald
People probably post ragebait here too, but there’s a built-in incentive on Reddit, particularly on subreddits like AITA or the Tenth Dentist, where users are encouraged to up vote the most ‘interesting’ posts, even if they find it offensive. Maybe the equivalents here also have this policy, but upvotes mean a lot more on Reddit than here—some subreddits require a high amount of karma to post, and posting something that’s guaranteed to get passed around and upvoted a ton can get people enough karma to make many more posts, have a buffer in place in case a different comment gets downvoted, or just want a lot of karma for bragging rights. Hell, you can even monetize upvotes now, in some cases.
Here on Lemmy, upvotes mainly just pass your content around for the sake of passing it around. Maybe there’s an algorithm that is more likely to push an unrelated post you made to the top, but the benefits for posting ragebait here aren’t as many as they are on Reddit.