gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoA Mississippi man spent 940 days in jail waiting for a trial that never camewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkA Mississippi man spent 940 days in jail waiting for a trial that never camewww.nbcnews.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 hours agoThe read more button is just to track if you in fact want to read more
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 hours 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-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 hours 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.
Scrolling is still less voluntary than clicking. It’s a good tactic to monitor engagement instead of just page views.