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I know this is mentioned frequently but for people that have lots of other things going on in their lives it is really nice to know what merits consideration.
It's been a long time since I was in grade school but I was taught that the subject line should contain as much of the content as useful.
But many posters like to use "teaser" lines which are just "Look at this!"
Maybe this works ok when the browser is looking at the home page which may include a bit more context.
It doesn't work if someone is trying to scan other one-line lists.
I won't click on teasers any more.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)or "Joe Schmoe is really stupid," or something else completely devoid of content - or videos that require you to watch them in order to find out what they're about. The David Packman videos are some of the worst.
Skittles
(153,182 posts)but I think it should be in the body, with a more descriptive subject line
erronis
(15,328 posts)I really hate to disrespect some well-intentioned poster and content but it is generally a waste of too much time for too little content.
question everything
(47,521 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Hot stories seem to spawn context-free posts. Not everyone is up to date on the current hot storythey may have been off taking a nap or something. Tell us what youre talking about.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)If you can't be bothered with a sentence .. then you don't have anything terribly valuable to say.
YOU'RE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)It's a wishlist at best...
erronis
(15,328 posts)It's really not that hard in these days of natural-language-processing (NLP) to know if the post contains much relevance.
Twitter does it, fuckbase does it. All the commentary sections of major newspapers/blogs do it.
Anyway, it was just a wish....
Jirel
(2,021 posts)Nothing dumber than posting the Onion or Borowitz Report with a real-sounding headline. Do people think others have nothing better to do than click on junk? If it was marked as satire, it might actually be worth reading for a laugh - if someone has time.
erronis
(15,328 posts)Sometimes those make a message a lot more understandable.
(I'm still learning how to put a "turd-blossom" our of those codes: 💩
Disaffected
(4,561 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Besides, I don't think satire is junk. Ridicule has always had it's place in delegitimizing corrupt regimes.
wackadoo wabbit
(1,167 posts)These days, alas, it really is difficult to tell what's satire and what's reality.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,773 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Most know that no one will click on their OP if they give a legitimate description.
So, to drive clicks, they write what's equivalent to boner pill email subject lines to get you to click on it.
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Croney
(4,666 posts)Just the word THIS in the subject line.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Apologies.
I would never do it in an OP.
And I agree with the OP completely on this.
JonAndKatePlusABird
(312 posts).
erronis
(15,328 posts)question everything
(47,521 posts)appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)headline or description of what it is about. At least post a few sentences or paragraphs so we can determine whether it is something worth opening.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)I wind up reading stuff posted by kentuck because I'm drawn in by the headline. I usually don't do it knowingly, I realize when I get there. Plus the content is worth staying for.
erronis
(15,328 posts)us more than a riff.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)Lots of good content to find here. I prefer when the poster includes their own thoughts as opposed to "here's something from somewhere else on the internet' That said, if it's just an article and a good one, I'm all in.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)It's always been a problem
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)Too many gotcha titles.
Raine
(30,540 posts)but some will continue to ignore that request no matter how many times they're asked they continue the same old way.