gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA Mississippi man spent 940 days in jail waiting for a trial that never camewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1435arrow-down1external-linkA Mississippi man spent 940 days in jail waiting for a trial that never camewww.nbcnews.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoThe read more button is just to track if you in fact want to read more
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoIt’s already trivially easy to track scrolling. I think more nefarious than that. I think it’s so that they force “engagement” on their site, since clicking a button counts as a user action.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou can scroll without reading. This ensures you care about reading the article
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoScrolling is still less voluntary than clicking. It’s a good tactic to monitor engagement instead of just page views.
The read more button is just to track if you in fact want to read more
It’s already trivially easy to track scrolling. I think more nefarious than that. I think it’s so that they force “engagement” on their site, since clicking a button counts as a user action.
You can scroll without reading. This ensures you care about reading the article
Scrolling is still less voluntary than clicking. It’s a good tactic to monitor engagement instead of just page views.