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That’s quite a statement, not going to unpack it.
What I would say, is the content suggestion algorithms used by Google, Meta, Bytedance, etc. all tend toward content that induces strong emotion, often anger.
As a user, I’d love to have a sort of second filter, that could filter out clickbaity and ragebaity type content. If I could filter out “low quality” content, that would be amazing also. If the quality is high, I don’t care if it’s ai generated.
You can already do sentiment analysis. But then what happens to the content that really should make you angry? News of an active genocide, for instance. Are we content to be blissfully ignorant?
Besides, the reason ragebait exists is that it drives clicks. It’s effective and users respond—they like it! Advertisers aren’t giving that up readily.