[unholiness]

I mean it's pretty clearly just to get you to scroll past more ads. You would not need nearly so much text just to qualify for copyright.

[vundercind]

I thought it started with the google algorithm rewarding more body text and high linger-time. Sites that just present info concisely are down ranked (then google extracts the concise info from long time-wasting sites and puts it directly on their search page—a whole thriving ecosystem of bullshit jobs, but at least now we can automate every part of that!)