I am seeing more of this lately

[left-of-center2012]

You can decide for yourself if it bothers you or not.

Surfing through DU I will see a title that interests me and when I click on it to open it the only thing there is a link to some story.
Nothing else.

Just a link.

For some reason I am seeing more the past week.
In my humble opinion I would appreciate more info on what is beyond the link.

[brush]

1. Agreed. That's very irritating. At least one key paragraph from the link...

is recommended.

[applegrove]

2. My cell phone is not rendering DU properly. I usually put up

the 4 paragraph out-take and put it up. Then I go and get the link and put it up after. Not exactly what you are talking about but I wanted to clarify my posting habits have changed in the last few weeks. Instead of resolving it just keeps getting more and more complicated for me to post stories. It has been harder to render for a while.

[left-of-center2012]

3. I do not know what you mean by rendering

[applegrove]

27. I mean what I see when I am at the DU. The picture I see is not cellphone

sized organization. It is computer laptop sized so hard to picture I see on my cellphone. Hard to post links and things. I have to do it in steps.

[left-of-center2012]

29. I view DU on either laptop or phone

Seems there is a setting that adjusts it for the phone,
but I no longer recall where.

[canetoad]

39. You'll find that

On the first page of 'My Account' - in preferences.

And yeah, I agree with your OP and figure it's because more people are using phones and it's harder to copy/paste.

[applegrove]

41. I've switched that on. For some reason it does not work on my new phone.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. Per l-o-c, there is a setting in My Account for it, for Star members. . . . . nt

[applegrove]

42. I have it all set up to render properly. My last phone worked fine. This

one does not.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Your posts and OPs are well crafted and I prefer them. . . . nt

[applegrove]

28. Thank you. I would be nowhere without almagamating websites and the journalism

of others. Original ideas happen to me once or twice a night.

[Old Crank]

4. Other than

Replies, I don't try to post news articles with my phone.

By rendering I think he means how the site is displayed on his device.

DU renders differently on my Windows machine, on my Kindle Fire and on my sndroid phone.

[JI7]

5. That has always been annoying. Even if people can't copy and paste

from the site they should at least give a short description of what it's about.

[lamp_shade]

6. Those I ignore and move on to the next post.

[Knight of the Middle]

7. "Beyond The Link"

Didn't Leonard Nimoy host a TV show with that title back in the late 1980s?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Likewise with tweets. No text, no photo. . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. And videos with no summary, just CAPITAL LETTERS in the clickbait title. . . . nt

[Tetrachloride]

19. I don't watch videos unless very worthwhile

gigabytes are not too cheap on my cell phone

[hlthe2b]

10. It bothers me and caused me to put some who constantly do this on "ignore"

For someone to merely post a link without comment just seems so inconsiderate.

Not that I have anything against the posters, but I likewise don't want my time wasted with posts that only include an embedded video. I do not have time to watch 5-10 minutes of video for something that could be conveyed by two seconds reading a short post--a few sentences along with the video for those who wish to view. I just find posting a link or video sans any comments or explanation about the content to be beyond frustrating.

I know this may be a difficult issue going forward, but I do think it is going to diminish DU for many if we can't find a middle ground. To me, it has the potential of turning the site into one big "clickbait."

By the way (and this is more for our younger posters, but it can impact us all): your writing abilities and potential to make an important point in either written or verbal form require practice and EXERCISE to develop and maintain. So, if all you ever do is short (and often cryptic) short tweets or video-sharing, you won't develop/maintain those skills. Whether or not you think that it to be important now, it will impact your options career-wise. I know this smacks of "Mr. Wilson griping," but it is true. Ask any employer, professional who takes on interns, or HR manager if writing/expression skills have not been on the decline the past two decades. DU can be a good way to "exercise" those skills. Please do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. +1. Narcissistic posters think 30 sec of their time more important than 500 DUs x 30 sec eq 4 HOURS

(though I have zero entries in my Ignore)


It would take them about 30 seconds to type a summary that hits the key point(s).

Looking at the video forum, I see view totals from 250 to over 4,000 (richly deserved for Dolly Parton).

First, they would get even more views with decent summaries.

Second, if it takes a DU member say an average of 30 seconds of viewing a clip to decide whether to watch the whole thing or not, that is an average of say 500 viewers x 1/2 minute = 250 minutes = over 4 hours.

The narcissistic dump-and-go Original Posters think their 30 seconds is more valuable than 4 hours of DU time. Who are they posting for? DU or themselves?

[Tetrachloride]

20. i would like to see changes on this as a DU official rule

[hlthe2b]

23. Yes. Despite constant pleas to posters, I think official rules are the only way it will change.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. I'm guilty of doing that.

Usually, what that means is that I am in a hurry, and that I'll come back later to add details.

Providing nothing more than a link at least gives people a heads-up that something is headed their way.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Worst are "Something on TV NOW!" or oblique title & 1 sentence that assumes you are glued to TV

... and refers to some context only the cool people will get. Most of us are not cool enough, certainly not me.

[LizBeth]

35. +1

[MissMillie]

13. I agree

I think the post titles should give a content clue as well.

[Croney]

16. Or at least not just say THIS!

That is so annoying.

[Karma13612]

17. Is anyone else

Experiencing weird constant refreshing on the site?

On my apple phone, using safari, I notice a lot of refreshing. It only seems to happen on DU. After the site refreshes 2-3 times, I usually get a message in Safari saying it can’t display the webpage.

So I usually just wait to read DU when I get back to my tablet.

[Tetrachloride]

18. I count 4 possible issues for you

1. i suggest to install the app called Ka Block

This will stop certain Javascript issues.

2. additional issues include more Javascript
3. automatic refresh
4. Safari itself

if still trouble after Ka Block is installed, time for Plans B and C

[Karma13612]

38. TYVM!!!! Eom

[Tetrachloride]

21. In Settings -- Safari: clear your history and browser data

[sinkingfeeling]

22. I also waste a click on an interesting titled thread that just

has a video. I don't have time to watch. Just tell me what wasvsaid that backs up the OP.

[left-of-center2012]

25. Especially when 'the good part' is at the 7 minute mark !

[hunter]

24. You should see what this place looks like when you blacklist twitter...

This:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

If I wanted to see tweets I'd sign up for twitter.

[Nay]

26. Yeah, I find that really annoying too. I'm not on twitter and I don't want to be.

I'm gonna have to ban some posters who do the "video with no context" thing, and probably the "watch tv NOW" crap, too. I'm old and I don't have to put up with that garbage.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. I am seeing more meaningless, click-baiting, thread titles, ...

... like "I am seeing more of this lately", with no hnt of what "this" is.

[left-of-center2012]

31. So you think the OP is "meaningless, click-baiting" ?

whatever

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. The OP is good, it's just the title that conveys little.

Never mind, my objection is also meaningless. Carry on.

[DeeNice]

32. Same for tweets that are only a link. Please copy and paste the text into the post

whenever applicable. Thank you all.

[LizBeth]

36. Ya, I click into the thread, then click out and do not even bother.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

37. IMO, links should not be posted without basic context and some assurance the site is credible.

Credibility implies site safety although no one can absolutely guarantee any web site is safe at a given time.

But that's why we have powerful web safety software (firewall, anti-virus, etc.) on our computers..... ...

[iemanja]

40. there are sites I really object to

Raw Story because it operates on theft of articles from other publications. In every case, the poster could go to the direct source but chooses not to.
Political Wire, Political Report, and the Palmer Report. The first also steals, but like the following two posts versions of stories that Democrats want to believe. It's unreliable and its purpose is to make Democrats feel good. I don't need my emotions validated; I want news.
The Daily Mail is a fucking tabloid folks.