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Peak social media - The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout (www.404media.co)
submitted 4 weeks ago by riot@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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How embarrassing that this is what people are doing to create viral content.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or to get it into the zeitgeist that "all these people complaining about Flock are just lying and doing it for clicks."

[–] riot@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

I would highly recommend looking into the author’s history of reporting. Jason Koebler covers Flock and internet culture. This bizarre story is covering what the big tech algorithms are spitting out.