Rogaar t1_iyyu9ca wrote
I remember a TV based news program was created decades ago like this. They shut it down after a few months as hardly anyone watched it.
What does that say about people in general? We don't care about good news as much as we care about bad news.
happydazenews OP t1_iyz06hj wrote
Negative news stories definitely draw more attention and when the news companies are doing anything and everything for the all mighty ad dollar. They dont care what they post as long as they get eyeballs watching their content. So unfortunately I am not too surprised the TV show version (tv is a very ad driven) didn't work. However, since Im not worried about ads I hope to avoid that pitfall.
The larger commentary about what that says about people... I choose to look at it in a positive light; that type of content gets more attention because people care and while they might feel powerless to help, watching and being knowledgable about their strife is better than nothing at all. maybe? I dont know.
Rogaar t1_iyz20tc wrote
I hear where your coming from. I have a bit of a hypothesis. I wonder if we gravitate towards the negative news.
Hear me out...
What I mean is by seeing other people's misery, we look at our own lives and think "glad that's not happening to me". Makes us feel better about our own lives.
When it comes to social media, it's somewhat the opposite. People post the best things about their lives which makes everyone else depressed as they wish they had that kind of life. When we all know these are fake lives people are promoting.
happydazenews OP t1_iyz7cnu wrote
"Hear me out...What I mean is by seeing other people's misery, we look at our own lives and think "glad that's not happening to me". Makes us feel better about our own lives."
I am with you 100%. I also think maybe people who are in tough situations can watch the news to feel less lonely like... its not only "me" whose going through strife and hardship.
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