Are Web metrics corrupting online media?
July 20, 2015: We’re supposed to be living in an “attention economy,” right? But standard Web metrics don’t really measure attention. Uniques, page views, monthly…
https://www.frankrose.com/blog/are-web-metrics-polluting-online-media/
How Web metrics encourage linkbait and clickbait sites to proliferate—at the expense of actual journalism.