Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by api on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:47PM
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Good news doesn't get clicks. Usually doesn't even get reported.
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Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:15PM
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News is whatever people would care about reading.
Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by venndeezl on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:01PM
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Media in the US is obsessed with fear mongering:
https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/08/mortality-in-the-news-vs-...
If they reported on heart disease people might get healthy. But it's instinctual understanding that people dying all over just improves journalists odds in our society. Keep them anxious with crime stats!
Such an unserious joke of a society.
Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by api on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:07PM
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This is purely economic. Fear mongering gets clicks, which boosts ad revenues.
I've read statistics to the effect that bad news (fear or rage bait) often gets as much as 10,000X the engagement vs good news.
Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by expedition32 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @04:06PM
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So do you dispute that this is happening? And its all over my country too.
Expecting tech bros to take responsibility for what they have unleashed is asking too much I suppose.
Re:Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Se...
by SecretDreams on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:58PM
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Also, saving me a bit of time in coding is objectively not a good trade if the same tool very easily emboldens pedophiles and other fringe groups.