@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agopatriotic guitar twangleslemm.eeimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up11.65K
arrow-up11.65Kimagepatriotic guitar twangleslemm.ee@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square242fedilink
minus-squarePolymathlinkfedilink7•2 years agoAs it’s relevant, let’s remember the video Hank Green posted on TikTok discussing how “for every word expressing a negative emotion in a headline, that increased the click-through rate to that article by 2.3%” and "if they make us disgusted, outraged, frustrated, scared? Then? Then we start thinking about clicking It looks to reference this article from Nature: Robertson, C.E., Pröllochs, N., Schwarzenegger, K. et al. Negativity drives online news consumption. Nat Hum Behav 7, 812–822 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01538-4
minus-squarestevedidWHATlinkfedilink3•2 years agoIt’s easier to be a pessimist in a pessimistic situation than to be an optimist I suppose
As it’s relevant, let’s remember the video Hank Green posted on TikTok discussing how “for every word expressing a negative emotion in a headline, that increased the click-through rate to that article by 2.3%” and "if they make us disgusted, outraged, frustrated, scared? Then? Then we start thinking about clicking
It looks to reference this article from Nature:
Robertson, C.E., Pröllochs, N., Schwarzenegger, K. et al. Negativity drives online news consumption. Nat Hum Behav 7, 812–822 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01538-4
It’s easier to be a pessimist in a pessimistic situation than to be an optimist I suppose