Never been to therapy myself but just saying good luck to you. Curious to see the responses here myself. Been in a seriously depressed state for the past six years, but in the last two months taken huge steps to get out of it.
Still dunno if I'll give therapy a shot, but there's been improvement on my own front which ain't nothin'.
That could be its own interesting question too; I imagine pragmatic case-use will differ with a significant portion of the userbase treating them as likes/dislikes.
Nothing specific but I imagine all the local shops like farmers-markets and thrift stores aren't terribly reliant on it. (Yet...)
You can't "fix" human behaviour you can only account for it and adjust.
Our attention will always go towards the moment rather than the constant. (Unless that constant is pain.)
Your favourite actor dies? That's momentous. You'll never see them in another production. You upvote it.
A doctor says something you've heard a hundred times over? You don't upvote it. You relegate it to the same place the other ninety-nine went to.
Ditto. Hush was good but The Body broke me and very few other episodes of any TV have come close to touching it. (Angel's Hole in the World got close.)
It also helps move your page to the top of searches. AKA, SEO or "Search Engine Optimization". Now, why it does that I have no clue, but Google algorithms decided it was important for insert reason... ???
The problem is what you're linking is something you personally disagree with, but that doesn't mean it's "bait" in the first place. (I probably should've avoided a political example as I think some are getting carried away with that, but it could be anything.)
Different example: I could link something about peanut butter though I hate peanut butter with all my heart and hope it ceases to exist. Yet you'd never call "peanut butter cookies recipe" engagement bait. (Well, probably never...)
The term or phrase has to encompass more than just political sides or something like it. It's the act of spreading something you personally don't want to spread. But what you're helping spread could be benign from most people's perspectives.
The Grand Apparatus from Brandon Sanderson's "Cosmere" springs to mind.
Light Cosmere spoiler ↓
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The Grand Apparatus is composed of a vast number of rooms all atop and around one another and constantly in motion. [ ] If a denizen needs or wants a room with a particular function such as a bedroom or bathroom, they can make a request to the Apparatus itself and the appropriate room will be brought to adjoin the one currently occupied. Because of the Apparatus' nature, access to sunlight is infrequent and is only accessed by requesting a room with windows which is moved to the structure's perimeter upon transferring. Personal possessions are kept in trunks which are moved along with each resident as they transfer from room to room. Because all rooms are shared, there is no concept of ownership of space.
(Source, The Coppermind)
Good sex can keep a relationship going for longer than it should, but it won't be indefinite no matter how orgasmic.
Definitely not exact, but sort of a variation. Hoping for something that hits it specific but for all I know there might not be a precise term for it yet. (Besides "outrage porn" but even that doesn't hit the nail on the head, just a descriptor.)
/agree, probably the closest answer to my mindset so far. (And I do love me some old school forums. RIP Portent and Waryammer.)
Star Wars
("Honourable" mention: Star Trek fans. The blind nuTrek hate is something else.) Edit: The expected downvotes may as well be upvotes for purposes of this comment lol. See everyone? Case in point.