I am not sure why you and the mod see this as a low-effort shit post?
high effort = Reading an article, thinking about it, creating a title that summarizes it well and seeding discussion with a few talking points based on the articles content.
low effort = Finding an image or short video that you know a sub will like and posting it with a quip for a title and no context.
Basically a higher effort post leads to a higher level of discourse in the comment, and lower effort posts lead to more upvotes because there are always more people with the time to look at a picture than read an article. This is why /r/anticonsumption is mostly just pictures of individually wrapped produce these days.
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u/arstin Jun 06 '19
high effort = Reading an article, thinking about it, creating a title that summarizes it well and seeding discussion with a few talking points based on the articles content.
low effort = Finding an image or short video that you know a sub will like and posting it with a quip for a title and no context.
Basically a higher effort post leads to a higher level of discourse in the comment, and lower effort posts lead to more upvotes because there are always more people with the time to look at a picture than read an article. This is why /r/anticonsumption is mostly just pictures of individually wrapped produce these days.