Yet another practice, colloquially known as "hate-linking," limits the algorithmic visibility of engagement, although this one is potentially traceable. "Hate-linking" occurs when a user links to another user’s tweet rather than mentioning or quoting the user.

Every time you hatelink something dumb some jerk wrote on the Internet, whoever profits from the ads running next to it wins.

And, it managed to piss off a whole lot of people who tweeted and linked to it, just like Kate Menendez probably planned when she wrote it. Jared Keller at Al Jazeera America tweeted a link, along with "ban Thought Catalog, ban it and burn it."

"'Thought Catalog' should change its name to 'Giving 19-Year-Olds Enough Rope Catalog,'" suggested Lindy West at Jezebel (again, with a link). There's also a link to the story in this article, so good for you Thought Catalog. You've got the hate-linking mastered.