The thing is, I’m pretty sure the kind of folks on this subreddit aren’t the target audience. To us, sure, this is a nothing article. For the pearl-clutchers at which it’s aimed, this stokes hysteria over the classic “videogames make you violent” talking point.
It’s 100% aimed at social media algorithms. Which will get it in front of the right audience. Shit like this will blast its way across Facebook and X feeds of those pearl clutchers.
This is the world we’ve built, even actual news gathering and reporting outlets have to play the game to get views digitally.
While I am sure they don't care who engages as long as they engage, to be clear the target "pearl clutchers" here are anyone that will click on anything negative realted video gaming + crime. That would be a nice Venn Digram of gamers raging about, "video games DON'T cause violence," and stick in the asses raging about, "video games DO cuase violence," and anyone else caught up in the big news flavor of the week.
I am pearl clutching about some the state of media literacy, information systems, and how we are all to stupid for our own good. I'm an elitist pearl cluthcer thank you very much.
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u/Punkandescent 16d ago
The thing is, I’m pretty sure the kind of folks on this subreddit aren’t the target audience. To us, sure, this is a nothing article. For the pearl-clutchers at which it’s aimed, this stokes hysteria over the classic “videogames make you violent” talking point.