Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ ( 7news.com.au )

cjf , 8 months ago

I’ve come to realise at least half of the stuff posted on Reddit these days, especially more so on the popular subs, are all designed to make you angry.

It’s things like posting incorrect info in the title, posting a comic / image that’s been deliberately designed to get you angry, someone really wanting their 5 minutes of fame like this guy, or some post from some bigot.

It’s so tiring. Have started to notice it on Lemmy too.

DaddleDew , 8 months ago

Ragebait had become the new tactic to generate engagement for a while now.

Hopefully people will soon catch on and become fed up with it because I am sure this tactic has been one of the biggest contributing factors in polarizing people against each other and making politics so toxic.

ABCDE , 8 months ago

Facebook has started to do that and... it's fucking annoying that it works. Lots of bullshit demonising trans people pushed to me 10+ times a day.

Rentlar , 8 months ago

The news aggregator communities tend to post the clickbait titles verbatim because it's generally frowned upon to editorialize them. However a few users do put a proper heading or a short summary in the post body which I appreciate.

We have our share of drama llamas here as you know, but we also have pictures of !crows, !cat, !superbowl.

If you follow !toronto and !vancouver you will see my picture posts of various cityscapes.

Lastly, beehaw.org is a bit closed off from some instances but their server is a bit more chill outside of their politics community.