When I see clickbait-y nonsense on a listicle or Buzzfeed-esque social media share-driven platform or snap story, I’m torn.
On the one hand, I am grateful enough I suppose to see the sentiment being given a platform, thus exposing more of the general public to the discourse and potentially growing membership of the discontent.
On the other hand, fuck aggregate posters for exploiting the pain and growth of our members for ad revenue (solidarity with underpaid freelance writers pulling jobs off a board – they’re victims , too)
But like, over exposure will cheapen the measure and attention and potentially turn a movement into a retired flavor of the week.
I’m frustrated that I can’t reconcile those thoughts into a coherent feeling, and any discussion/interpretation would be appreciated.