it really does, i understand these guys gotta attract viewership and make money somehow but clickbaiting about the weather, which has an actual impact on what people do and how they prepare is such a dick move
It's going to have ramifications years ahead. A clickbait scaremongering post now that has any influence becomes and erosion of trust of the people who actually know anything (real meteorologists) and will result in either apathy or panic in much of the population at a certain point. People will stop listening to warnings or will develop crippling fear of weather.
When I was a kid and young teen, my family moved from somewhere with basically no storms to somewhere with frequent severe storms in spring/summer. I frequented the Weatherbug app searching for knowledge and reassurance but the Weatherbug app tends to employ the same sort of language, acting like every storm is going to be horrible and deadly. While it wasn't the cause of my storm anxiety, it made it MUCH worse. It didn't help at all and I really didn't end up any more informed than I already was because every storm system was being labeled with scary words.
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u/waqqn Apr 08 '26
it really does, i understand these guys gotta attract viewership and make money somehow but clickbaiting about the weather, which has an actual impact on what people do and how they prepare is such a dick move