If you strip out the algorithm and engagement bait, I'm starting to think...
If you strip out the algorithm and engagement bait, I'm starting to think almost all platforms (rss, here, FB, everywhere) have content problems where there is a desire to read content faster that your organic network (people you have chosen to follow) can create content.
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I think this is analogous to writing a scary movie. The script writer can choose spooky or can choose a cheap jump scare every 3 minutes.
All the platforms have chose cheap jump scares every three minutes with
- algorithms (we know how to distract you from your mission)
- retweet floods
- reverse chrono mixed feeds
- unsorted/ungrouped data (simulates complexity and mystery when it is just mess)
- every db update is a feed event (likes, retweets, follows, someone viewed your post!)