cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23162012
Traffic Plummets as Search Tool Enforces Basic Reading Comprehension
Is this real or the onion?
A different satire site
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”
Filed under “funny because it’s true”
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
This is from a satire site.
And it’s satire gold. It was also immediately apparent that it was satire.
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)
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.
