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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sun Dec 12, 2021, 10:20 PM Dec 2021

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Ocelot II

(115,681 posts)
1. That would be nice but she didn't.
Sun Dec 12, 2021, 10:34 PM
Dec 2021

God help me, I’m so tired of these tendentious headlines.

erronis

(15,241 posts)
2. Agree with you so much. I'm not sure what's in them; for the click-bait. Pennies per view?
Sun Dec 12, 2021, 10:44 PM
Dec 2021

And then I'll have to complain about headlines that have zero connection to the subject.

Some of our highest posters just post the same subject line without bothering to give a hint about the content. Reminds me of the comic strips where every panel is exactly the same except for a change in the word cloud.

hlthe2b

(102,231 posts)
3. Thx for saving me the time to watch. I'm trying to develop a mental list of the videos that do this
Mon Dec 13, 2021, 07:03 AM
Dec 2021

Brian Tyler Cohen goes to the list of sources to ignore. It is infuriating.

Ocelot II

(115,681 posts)
4. Unfortunately there's no automatic ignore feature
Mon Dec 13, 2021, 10:54 AM
Dec 2021

for threads with breathless titles that have the most clickbaity word in all caps but that’s what you have to look for. These videos are nothing but clickbait and their actual content will have been covered elsewhere with far less exaggeration.

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