I mean, if there was an article just talking about it being a thing people go see, it would have been labelled as "tabloid", "shill", "slop", "sponsored by Italian tourism board", or "guess they're running out of ideas if they need to write about something that's existed for millions of years."

Not saying those comments are right or wrong, just an observation. IMO it's a symptom of our over-dependence on private news/media outlets even in the internet age, and how the news has eroded our trust so much that we'll immediately have those thoughts.

[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Also, attracting too much attention on places like this is creating new mass tourism spots and that's not desirable imo.

Especially for "Instagrammable" spots which would be raided by thousands of people trying to get the exact same picture.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

And eventually one of those "prankster" influencers will vandalize it and ruin it forever just for one stupid video to ride the wave of interest in the location and make outrage click money.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

When I was growing up we had travel shows all around the world, they were showing places like this. And told the stories and everything.
Now on the tv/netflix its all reality bullshit. Giving nothing just empty entertainment. What cheap stuff they can shovel down our throats.
Doing research, going on site doing quality filmography cost way more with way less return.