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		dylan604 on July 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Underwater ears everywhere > Now the first paragraph must contain an emotional human-interest style “hook” to rope in the reader So news sites have become a recipe site? Except, you’ve limited to a single paragraph vs 7/8 of the page

SkyMarshal on July 17, 2023 [–]

It's more that they're using Skinner Box variable rate reinforcement bs to rope readers in and keep them reading, which explains why the text feels so randomized and out-of-any-logical-order.

https://www.nirandfar.com/want-to-hook-your-users-drive-them...

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