The attention feedback loop: how creators, audiences and platforms reinforce spectacle
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-13
The author outlines a feedback loop: creators chase attention, audiences reward what shocks them, platforms learn what sustains engagement, and creators replicate what works. Citing research that positive feedback reinforces future expressions of outrage on social media, the post asks whether visual destruction in AI video could develop a similar creative loop.
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