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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23162012
Traffic Plummets as Search Tool Enforces Basic Reading Comprehension
- The situation worsened when Reddit Answers started awarding special “Actually Clicked the Study” badges to users who read linked scientific papers. Only six badges have been awarded platform-wide - deleted by creator - Now, did you work that out by reading the article? Or by jumping to the first conclusion that can’t go mind when you read half a sentence? - /s - (There should be a ‘/m’ for meta humour that’s not strictly sarcastic but shouldn’t be interpreted at face value) 
- And it’s satire gold. It was also immediately apparent that it was satire. 
 
- Bra-vo! Bra-vo! - B R A V O ! - I don’t know what you’re cheering me for, but thank you. - Also your vertical text still renders horizontal for me, because it’s interpreted as markdown. I guess when I reply it shows the raw text because now I see it vertical. 
 
 
- Is this real or the onion? - Platform traffic immediately plunged 99%. Major advertisers pulled campaigns within hours. “Our entire strategy relies on reaching users who react without thinking,” said Bradley Morris, head of digital at QuickThoughts Media. “This demographic represents 90% of our conversion rate. Who’s going to impulse-buy our clients’ products if people start thinking things through?” - Sounds about right to me. - Who has time for every single paper? I read enough for one life… - Why even read one paper? - “ChatGPT, please summarize every paper ever written, all together, in three sentences.” - “Inc on white” 
 
 
 
- A different satire site 
 
- Filed under “funny because it’s true” 



