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dross

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Inconsequential bits of information that make no impact to your life.

Dross is the junk food of an information diet.

Example:

What the Kardashians are wearing this week,

Meme's that don't make you laugh or think

Dross dressed up as something important is a mainstay of the news eg. What Trump said about someone this morning.

It used to belong on the pags of a tabloid magazine - but this low effort content gets the most clicks. And clicks generate revenue - so it increases.

Referenced in

media vortex

A type of rabbit hole but most often not leading to any useful information. Just a sea of dross

dross