I've seen a lot of these pop up on my Facebook feed. Articles that have these juicy click-bait titles about actors rumored to be involved with a production some how. I feel like I've seen them here and there for a long time, but haven't really seen anything come out to confirm anything lol.
I just came back from a site that showed a video that talked about a rumor, but added so much boiler plate in discussing pedestrian stuff that I think it was just a matter of letting ads roll on the page.
Are any of these rumor media sites legit or anything. I know there's a lot of people known by YT name etc... but this seems like a trend.
Re: Rumor News Media?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 10:58 pm
by Beelzquill
Can you give us an example? Like a screenshot or something? Clickbait newsfeeds are pretty common, and I wouldn't know whether something is "legit" unless I knew who to check.
Re: Rumor News Media?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 10:26 am
by J!!
the content of your facebook feed is algorithmically generated based on your behavior when engaged with the site, to provoke revenue-generating behaviors out of you.
if you keep seeing entertainment gossip articles, it's probably just because you keep clicking on them.
Re: Rumor News Media?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 3:28 am
by McAvoy
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 10:49 pm
I've seen a lot of these pop up on my Facebook feed. Articles that have these juicy click-bait titles about actors rumored to be involved with a production some how. I feel like I've seen them here and there for a long time, but haven't really seen anything come out to confirm anything lol.
I just came back from a site that showed a video that talked about a rumor, but added so much boiler plate in discussing pedestrian stuff that I think it was just a matter of letting ads roll on the page.
Are any of these rumor media sites legit or anything. I know there's a lot of people known by YT name etc... but this seems like a trend.
I follow a few movie pages on Facebook and I have found that in the days when it's a dry news day they will create a clock bait article on bs rumors. Or create it themselves.
Just a way to create clicks to make money. My rule of thumb with these rumors is if other sites share the same info.
Re: Rumor News Media?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:25 am
by ProfessorDetective
This is more aimed at gamers, but a lot of the advice is universal.
This one has had the most juicy rumors as far as I can tell, and a zero confirmation as far as I remember.
Re: Rumor News Media?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 1:04 pm
by BBally81
Promoting rumors on social media platforms have become popular in the last few years and has even been used as a tool in the so-called "culture wars".
Remember this rumor going around that "Falcon and The Winter Soldier lost 80% of its viewers because it got woke around the second episode"? That was being promoted by the usual anti-woke tubers and news sites and acting like it was true, only for actual reports to come and debunk said rumor and exposing it as a load of rubbish.