Summary

The article discusses the author's strategy to increase Facebook engagement by combining eye-catching, potentially provocative images with serious health-related titles and content.

Abstract

The author reflects on the disparity in social media engagement between posts featuring attractive physical attributes versus those concerning serious health issues like obesity and cancer. Noting that the former garners significantly more views, the author devises a new approach to content creation that merges captivating, smutty imagery with hard-hitting, health-focused titles and subtitles. This tactic aims to leverage the popularity of sensational content to draw attention to important health messages. The author plans to measure the success of this method by monitoring the response to upcoming posts that employ this strategy.

Opinions

The author observes that posts with alluring images of bodies receive far more engagement than those about critical health topics.
There is a hint of sarcasm in the author's tone when discussing the popularity of certain types of content over others that may have more substantial value.
The author believes that combining provocative images with serious health titles could be a successful formula for increasing viewership and potentially saving lives.
The author is critical of the societal preference for superficial content over meaningful health information.
There is an expectation that this new content strategy will be more successful in terms of social media engagement.
The author suggests that the primary goal of their content is to achieve popularity, possibly to ensure that important health messages reach a wider audience.

Tits & Ass vs Fat & Cancer … A Popularity Contest

Which pair will win? The suspense is killing me.

A pic featuring an ass.

And another.

Which will get more Facebook views?

And the same question for these two stories versus the one below them.

How to Get the Young Women of Facebook With Large Breasts and Larger Smiles to Leave You Alone

Almost nothing I’ve tried has worked.

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and

I am the Man Who Poses Like This When I’m at the Pool

With apologies to Christine Stevens* at The Haven

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Overweight- and Obesity-Related Cancers

Truth and consequences

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Yeah, you guessed it.

When I post either of the stories above — the ones featuring tanned toned torsos (and I’ve done this many time) — the views roll in, sometimes 100’s in a single day.

The obesity and cancer twaddle, which could save your life, not so many, by far, and that’s on a good day.

But now — since my sole purpose in life is to be wildly popular— I’ve come up with the perfect combo platter.

From now on it’s gonna be eye catching, vaguely (or perhaps frankly) smutty images coupled with hardcore, serious-as-a-thrombosed-hemorrhoid title, subtitles and text.

A few examples:

Tits — Teases of the Animal Kingdom

Birds of a feather flocking together while creating hell on earth.

Go ahead, do an Unsplash search for “tits.” I dare you.

🐦

Perfect Abs Will Be the Death of You

In my search for a washboard six-pack I lost a good chunk of my right leg and ended up perched in the desert for 127 Hours drinking my own urine like that guy in the movie.

💩

Got Milk?

How dare you torture helpless animals just so your cornflakes slide down a little easier.

🐮

I think I’ve got a hit on my hands.

Once this gem appears on Facebook I’ll let you know how it’s working out.

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