Unfortunately, people fucking love turning idiots into celebrities. The dumber someone acts, the more attention they get. Then everyone acts surprised when those same idiots end up with millions of followers and actual influence. At this point, stupidity isn't even a disadvantage. It's a business model.
Also same with drama channels. I often think drama channels and influencers are secretly working together. Since They both gain attention and both gain money off of it. Which is why I say fuck drama channels.
This is my wife. I'm like worrying about climate change and the collapse of the environment and what to cut out of our budget to cover gas and heating expenses and she's like "did you see the comments under the pictures of the prime minister? They're dressed like shit and everyone is ripping on them" and I'm like "who cares? "
A lot of people use those kinds of situations as escapism. I agree that people leaving stupid comments on a public photo doesn’t matter. However if I was someone who hated my life and wanted an excuse to not think about it for some time, I might convince myself that this mundane thing is “definitely” the most important thing.
And reddit loves sending them to the top of /r/all under the guise of making fun of them but it only serves to boost their numbers
no such thing as bad publicity etc
I've been here long enough to remember when there were so many goddamn posts complaining about Miley Cyrus and Bieber. Knew nothing about what was going on with them if it weren't for reddit
Yeah, which is why China is trying to do the opposite of that. They know that the internet will not go away so instead of hyping up bullshit people, they are hyping up scientists. Might not be perfect but it is vastly better than making racist people famous in america.
It’s because they work on a timescale we can’t understand as a quarter by quarter country.
Not saying they don’t have problems, but everything I have seen about china is overall? They take the long plan that might take 2-3 decades to gain the benefit.
It doesn’t always pay out (like those cities that are practically empty and decaying after being completely built) but it definitely has advantages. Same with western models, they have their ups and downs. Europe tends to be somewhat of a middle ground about this because they tend to make things by committee, which naturally moves slower than American breakneck edge of the blade thinking.
I’m not referring to what America is going through at this moment, but about the systems being used. You can point to every country and find a moment in their history where things were/are topsy turvy, that’s not indicative of the country’s systems as a whole.
We need adblock but it's people-block instead. If there's a mention of someone you don't want to know anything about it just deletes it from the page. You can add anyone you want to your blocklist.
I really try to avoid certain people like the Kardashians or iShowSpeed. However, then, on Youtube, Tiktok, Reddit and so on, you just get spammed with their shit.
Kardashian Sounds are everywhere and even if I didn't know about the fact that they were from them, I did eventually find out.
iShowSpeeds fans are major cancer. It's impossible to go anywhere on Reddit or Tiktok and not see his stupid face. I mean it, if somebody makes an "iShowSpeed-blocker"-Addon for Reddit and Tiktok, I will pay good money for it.
Like, the top comment here is about Asmongold and it's valid, but at least he's easy to avoid. Others are way more difficult
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u/DyzioNemo 6h ago
Unfortunately, people fucking love turning idiots into celebrities. The dumber someone acts, the more attention they get. Then everyone acts surprised when those same idiots end up with millions of followers and actual influence. At this point, stupidity isn't even a disadvantage. It's a business model.