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I think my examples do actually work well, in that the painter and the TV reporter ARE incentivized, short term to do those clickbait things, in exactly the same way YouTube creators are.

In all cases, reality will catch up to them, and in the long term they will be punished for what they did in the name of short term gains.



What's the long-term reality catch-up mechanism in the social media space?


In this and other examples, getting deplatformed and losing your sources of income.


They already made millions - it doesn't work.

And in fact, Google and others profit from this carnage.


> YouTube Blocks Russell Brand From Making Money Through Its Platform

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/arts/russell-brand-youtub...


That's a consequence of him being a [alleged] rapist. It's not a consequence of him publishing nonsensical and pretentious conspiracy theory videos.


Through neglect, passive sabotage, and active direction, our society degrades to the point that NO ONE can make clickbait content.




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