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Humans Have Shifted Earth's Rotation, Scientists Discover. Here's How. | 404 Media
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Y'all really hate to actually read an article, huh?
Nah, it's just that I developed an aversion against any kind of clickbait. I do understand that "Dams shifted earth's rotation" doesn't sound nearly as engaging, though.
sure, but this isn't a clickbait article. It's a substantial article with quotes, data, and context, which uses a clickbait headline to garner engagement because nobody clicks on boring headlines anymore. You could certainly distill the article down to "Manmade dams shifted the Earth's rotation", but that doesn't even get into the "how". Becky Ferreira gets into the "how" in the article. I understand that the internet has turned into a hellscape of ai-generated clickbait articles, but could we be more careful about throwing that accusation at real articles from real journalists?
Completely agree. This is a great article from an established science journalist journalist writing for a publication that's quickly proven itself as as reliable, and anything but clickbait. People will call anything that doesn't squeeze the entire article into the headline clickbait. The accusation has lost all meaning.