Margot Salinas

Should entertainment platforms add stronger friction before users share outrage-driven content?

I spent three years writing headlines for a living, and I can tell you outrage is not an accident, it is inventory. The accounts that farm it post forty times a day because every furious share pays the same as a thoughtful one. The [Facebook Files reporting](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039) showed the company's own researchers found its systems rewarded divisive content, which means the platforms built the slot machine and now act surprised that people pull the lever. A share-pause will not fix the business model, but it raises the cost of the cheapest trick in the book: post first, verify never. Friction targets the supply chain, not the speaker.

lol imagine March Madness getting cancelled because of a strike. players union walks out before the final four, good luck

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