The issue at hand is defining what “interested in” is. Algorithms have defined this as clicks/engagement. By all measures it is delivering. “If it bleeds, it leads” remains true in the current age because by and large that is what people are interested in.
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The issue at hand is defining what “interested in” is. Algorithms have defined this as clicks/engagement. By all measures it is delivering. “If it bleeds, it leads” remains true in the current age because by and large that is what people are interested in.