Because To Me - Tumblr Posts
To answer your questions, yes.
Twitter has always push tweets that cause more outrage and interaction. It has never been about showing a balanced view.
It's not the only site that does it. There was a key court case where a facebook employee whistleblow that facebook is objectively making social worse and knows it , by never putting any filter on any post that promotes harmful views but fb allows it as it gives more engagement. Which = more time spent on site = more ads = more money.
That was only Facebook caught, but it obviously the framework most social media sites also work on
Yeah anon I totally understand engagement baits. As shitty as it is, encouraging them is an easy way to grow and maintain a social media site.
But I still don't understand why is tw*tter so rabid. Comparing my experience in using it and facebook (I actively use both, so I can say my experience is up to date) facebook is more breathable than tw*tter, even though it lacks 3rd party apps to cultivate user's own tab unlike tw*tter (e.g. blckchain). I have never had a churning feeling while surfing through fb and I never look for those apps for fb, again, unlike tw*tter.