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Re:Facebook deliberately made people sad. This ought to be t... by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @05:42PM (#26847684)
It's nothing personal against journalists, but the economics of the business mean that they have huge incentives to make things seem more outrageous or nefarious than they actually are.

I did read the whole article, and that doesn't excuse the BS clickbait title of "Facebook deliberately made people sad."

I find the fact that the article is complaining about emotional manipulation by Facebook, while using a deliberately manipulative title, to be more than a tad ironic.

Re:Facebook deliberately made people sad. This ought to be t... by threatofrain on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:39AM (#26850579)
Do journalists even write the titles to their own articles? I'm sure every newsroom has their own distinct culture, but this sounds like an editor's job.