Looking at the experience of black Britons through an American lens

Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by m463 on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:20AM (#24661027)

This has nothing to do with paragons or moral values. I think it's emergent behavior. If there is media that provides something people want, people will view it and be exposed to any message good or crappy within.

I remember when I had a queue of 5 star documentary movies to watch. I still ended up watching the 2-star scifi movies ahead of them. Had nothing to do with value of the message delivered in the documentaries.

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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by raxxorrax on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:35AM (#24661123)

I noticed this when internet comments for newspapers were still common, which I suggest bringing back actually.

But these divisive topics just got so much more engagement than far more important news and the media began to increase that type of content because of their precarious financial situation (Good luck earning a living wage with online news).

I remember one instance were there was an article about a important EU wide policy decision. It had around 25 comments. Next was some article about pop culture and gender. It had over 1000 comments. At one point it becomes self-reinforcing when people want to know why others comment that much...

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