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I honestly have not the slightest idea. I read it on the train, and I thought holy shit, that’s a really good deep dive into a significant problem that seems like it’s only going to get worse. I liked reading it and I felt like it was worthwhile and so I wanted to share it.
And… I honestly can’t even make any sense of the reception. I can’t tell if people are just reacting to the title alone, or (ironically) don’t like that there’s a paywall, or think it’s not news, or actually read the article but disagreed, or what it is.
Honestly, if I had to guess, I think the lemmy.world section of Lemmy has mostly completed its arc of evolution into full blown “Hold my referential in-joke, I’m going in!” Reddit 2.0, and there’s just not that much going on there to even read into. But like I say I genuinely just have no idea. If someone tries to explain it to you, let me know.
I honestly have not the slightest idea. I read it on the train, and I thought holy shit, that’s a really good deep dive into a significant problem that seems like it’s only going to get worse. I liked reading it and I felt like it was worthwhile and so I wanted to share it.
And… I honestly can’t even make any sense of the reception. I can’t tell if people are just reacting to the title alone, or (ironically) don’t like that there’s a paywall, or think it’s not news, or actually read the article but disagreed, or what it is.
Honestly, if I had to guess, I think the lemmy.world section of Lemmy has mostly completed its arc of evolution into full blown “Hold my referential in-joke, I’m going in!” Reddit 2.0, and there’s just not that much going on there to even read into. But like I say I genuinely just have no idea. If someone tries to explain it to you, let me know.