Because a sincere discussion of media (a fundamentally insincere medium with perverse incentives) is silly without addressing this.
replyAutistically pretending the world is rational and not factoring this in is just as false as Zitron’s predictions.
Nothing in acknowledging those perverse incentives requires that one misleadingly use the word “correct” in place of “effective”.
replyThis is the most bizarre and trivial line of argument I’ve ever seen on HN.
replySwapping those words changes nothing about that sentence.