• themurphy@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Just look at front page on reddit. Basically half of the headlines are misleading.

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      1 day ago

      A lot of the time there’s a comment correcting the title or article at the top though. Pros and cons with that system.

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        1 day ago

        There is, but doesn’t explain why there’s more upvotes on the post than the comment. Most people would downvote the post after reading that comment, but it’s usually higher anyway. (and sometimes it’s not, I know)

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          1 day ago

          Because people don’t go to the comments, they read the title on the front/subreddit page, sometimes vote and then move on.