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The statement Reddit gave us is the oldest trick in the book. (The Verge) (www.tiktok.com)
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[–] Stovetop@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I'm assuming most of the doomscrolling content comes from bots. It's all articles with clickbait titles auto-posted by the social media arm of news/blog/journal/etc. sites, then upvoted by bots for visibility to try to lure as many people in as possible for that sweet ad revenue.