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I didnt see anything about what I consider to be the major drawback of an ad- driven internet: the content you get skews heavily toward attention grabbing crap instead of anything with deeper value. There are exceptions, but advertising incentives clicks and views, and perverts what could be a great information sharing medium, making it all about outrage, escalation, yelling the loudest or framing things in the most provocative way possible.


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