I first noticed it in the Hitchens “Hitchslap” videos in the mid 2000’s, but I imagine it started out earlier as that when I started following politics and a lot of the videos and those adjacent to them were reposts of cable news shows.
Were Socrates and Plato basically the 4th century BC equivalent of them? That’s depressing if true.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
It increases views which increases ad revenue.
Maeve@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
Most straightforward answer with least inflammatory language. You win the internet.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Who wants it at this point?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The entire Internet?