Given that we live in a time where clickbait and things that easily provoke people's emotions are given the most attention should one stoop down to their level and rely on petty tricks to gain more attention?
Definitely not unless you want to attract the worst people. It's a natural filter.
>>1538723
Yet this seems problematic because if you're on a community driven website then such things that garner the most attention will always be pushed to the top and your more subtle material will be buried.
If you want to be an active and appreciated member on a community then how does one manage to beat the systems created to benefit those ADHD such as 4chan's 1st page priority or reddits upvote system?
>>1538728
There's nothing to be gained by going after the lowest common denominator. We're here posting on a slow hidden board and not on /b/ or /pol/ and it's not a coincidence.