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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by capableweb on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:27PM (#29811947)
Well, the title was not "A record 4.5 million workers stopped working" but instead "quit their jobs". That most people get new jobs after quitting is fairly obvious I think, while if they wrote "stopped/refuses to work", the other point would have been obvious.
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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by admax88qqq on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:42PM (#29812200)
That's more nuance than most readers will apply. Especially with the popular conception of "nobody wants to work."

If you're in the "nobody wants to work anymore" camp, this headline will confirm your belief as it is easily taken as "look at how many people don't want to work!"

It's negligent reporting.

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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by robbedpeter on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:43PM (#29818025)
You're not their audience, they probably don't care what you (or I) think. There are multiple layers of filters and network effects and algorithms between most content and most people.

Feeds like HN don't suffer the effects of the filters and algorithms, but are very sensitive to network effects (we aren't here for underwater basket weaving, we want the nerdy techy startup stuff. )

The target audience includes or overlaps with the antiwork crowd. Whatever algorithms and filters select for this content rewards the writer regardless of accuracy or quality of prose, because it gets clicks.

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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by vikingerik on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:34PM (#29813012)
It's not negligent. It's deliberately misleading for the click-bait. They know exactly what they're doing.
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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by mcguire on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:16PM (#29813536)
"That's more nuance than most readers will apply."

Certainly more than what's seen here in this thread.

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Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November by munk-a on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:57PM (#29814846)
That title was pretty needlessly misleading. A much fairer title would be "4.5 million workers changed jobs" - look it's even shorter than "quit their jobs".

I think it's extremely fair to consider that title unnecessarily click-bait-y.

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