AznHisoka>I dont' consider myself rational, I don't think it is just to discourage an idea because it is not perfect. You also don't need to reduce traffic, all you have to do is to make the article view count unreliable.
People can print what people like, but without compensation they won't benefit from the attention.
I read part of the Clay book. I am not interested in defining news to "make people think logically." Just the opposite, I expect people to think differently. I am interested reversing the tide of attention-seeking headlines which decreases focus on real news. If a reporter suggests a real news segment I am sure they will get shot down because the boss can see what articles make the most money, attention seeking articles. If the numbers are unreliable, the playing field becomes level since advertisers can no longer directly differentiate articles' popularity.
olalonde>An Alternative to Adsense income. One consequence might be sites offering services or products. Newspapers might need to start charging for their services. The New York Times has already done this.
In this scenario, attention seekers might be starved of cash, because who will pay for hyped news. From my experience there is a market for real gossip and real news, but no so much sensationalistic news.
The justification for this comes from the fact that news is nothing now.