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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by Icathian on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @04:26PM (#21402230)
It's a gamification choice. Watching those numbers tick up is proven to be addictive and keep people on the site.
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by imgabe on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @04:50PM (#21402534)
That would make sense if it were numbers for my tweets. I don't get any dopamine hit from seeing that Jack Dorsey is getting another thousand retweets every three seconds. It just makes me give up on reading and close the tab.