I don't really agree with this. I go and hang out with my friends, and we don't all end up getting outraged about stuff. I go for a walk in the park and no one is shouting at me; I go to a restaurant and people are sitting around normally discussing whatever. If you start quoting outrage bait that you read online, people might look at you strangely.
My point is I don't think people seek out outrage. Social media's algorithms may not explicitly reward it as transparently as `if (post.outrage > 100) post.boost()`, but outrage isn't some default rule of interaction.
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I don't really agree with this. I go and hang out with my friends, and we don't all end up getting outraged about stuff. I go for a walk in the park and no one is shouting at me; I go to a restaurant and people are sitting around normally discussing whatever. If you start quoting outrage bait that you read online, people might look at you strangely.
My point is I don't think people seek out outrage. Social media's algorithms may not explicitly reward it as transparently as `if (post.outrage > 100) post.boost()`, but outrage isn't some default rule of interaction.