I agree that there’s a monetary incentive for more people to write clickbait, but the mechanism the post described was “naturally clickbaity people will get more views and thus more power,” and that doesn’t seem to involve money at all.
Good point, there’s selection pressure for things which happen to try harder to be selected for (“click me! I’m a link!”), regardless of whether they are profitable. But this is not the only pressure, and depending on what happens to a thing when it is “selected” (viewed, interviewed, etc.) this pressure can be amplified (as in OP) or countered (as in Vaniver’s comment).
I agree that there’s a monetary incentive for more people to write clickbait, but the mechanism the post described was “naturally clickbaity people will get more views and thus more power,” and that doesn’t seem to involve money at all.
Good point, there’s selection pressure for things which happen to try harder to be selected for (“click me! I’m a link!”), regardless of whether they are profitable. But this is not the only pressure, and depending on what happens to a thing when it is “selected” (viewed, interviewed, etc.) this pressure can be amplified (as in OP) or countered (as in Vaniver’s comment).