Why do people post screenshots of someone posting an image that contains text?
Why not just post the words?
@AskTheDevil because social media posts with pictures get better engagement in the algorithms even if it's just a picture of text
@Hobyrim That seems like it wouldn't matter _here_. We don't have an algorithm. I'm assuming that the habit has just become the norm everywhere.
My concern is that it feels like it may be a habit we've been taught that isn't actually good for us, or for the messages.
I think people have an idea that a picture is somehow evidence, and words are ephemeral and made-up. I think we've been trained to think pictures are honest.
@AskTheDevil yes that's the point. It's a habit because the algorithms over years have trained people what posts get traction and which ones don't.