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Chicks Equal Clicks? Meta Has A Strange Problem Of Objectifying Women (And We Can't Do Anything About It)

The issue of using 'sex and sensationalism' to sell content is more like a plague affecting nearly all social media platforms vying for click-through rates (CTR). But, what can you do about it?

Digital Disconnect: Threads has a strange problem with clickbaity photos of women. Or rather, Threads-parent Meta has a problem with objectionable photos of women, thrown up randomly on feeds, luring users to spend more time on the platform. Launched to much fanfare in July 2023, Threads gathered over 100 million followers within a week but then fizzled out as people got bored of the app that was touted to be a rival to Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter). I myself uninstalled Threads after a few
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