Mmastodon BusinessFinance first seen 2 d ago, last 2 d ago, peak #1

Finance jargon increasingly indistinguishable from scam blogs, critics say

Original: If I'd presented you with those two paragraphs of # finance gibberish without context and asked you to guess where it wa

Social media users are pointing out that passages of mainstream finance writing have become so full of jargon that readers would struggle to tell them apart from content produced by low-quality blogs and fly-by-night media outlets. The comment reflects a wider frustration with convoluted financial journalism, with many agreeing that credible-seeming publications now often read like dubious online content.

Why now: People find it striking and relatable that professional financial writing has become indistinguishable from unreliable online content.

finance media

Open on mastodon →

Evidence

• If I'd presented you with those two paragraphs of # finance gibberish without context and asked you to guess where it was from, I think most reasonable readers would think it came from one of the many myriads of fly-by-night bloggers and no-name media outlets that exist thanks… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol · 4

API: https://socialmediatrends-api.osmike.com/v1/trends/2304158