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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by extraduder_ire on Friday April 26, 2024 @08:29AM (#40168591)
Then there's no reason to visit the site. The link card will give you everything you're looking for.

I think the de facto purpose of the article text when shared online is to make it more plausible to someone who doesn't know the site is parody.

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Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion by SOLAR_FIELDS on Friday April 26, 2024 @10:40AM (#40169922)
I happen to enjoy the content itself, even if it's all just riffing on the joke on the headline. But I'm a big fan of snark in general.

Also, I'm not 100% sure, but perhaps there are some SEO boosts from having long form article content that wouldn't be gained from just having a title and a blurb (though they do also do those very short form articles as well, where it's a few sentences with the headline)

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