Wouldn't you just love it????!!!!!

[MissMillie]

If the title of this post gave you the slightest information about the contents of the thread?

And if the contents of this post further expanded upon the topic?

[North Shore Chicago]

1. lol

Now where would be the fun in that?

[Srkdqltr]

2. I love it when I click on an interesting title to find................nothing of substance.

or a URL or a Tweet.

[MissMillie]

6. kind of takes away your ability to click judiciously, wouldn't you say?

It's click-bait.

[dchill]

3. I have to admit: I love a mystery!

[lame54]

4. Maybe this post isn't for me - I'm ok with that

[Srkdqltr]

8. If you are ok it's OK LOL

[BradAllison]

5. TURN ON YOUR TV RIGHT FUGGING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MissMillie]

7. It's already on.

Sissy just found out that she shouldn't be snooping into Mr. French's private affairs.

[Srkdqltr]

9. Priceline commercial

[Beastly Boy]

10. Aww, don't tease me like this!

Dare I dream your dream?

And imagine if all the headlines from articles published by "responsible" media outlets contained halfass accurate representation of what is to follow!

[Caliman73]

11. Is it that time again?

The every so often, "Posts should have accurate titles and context" thread?

I agree. I am often wordy in my posts, and perhaps people tire of reading my posts and responses, but I try to communicate as if I am having a discussion. To me, that means trying to say things with context to promote a shared understanding of the topic.

It is likely, not everyone's style. I do find it frustrating when people post emotional reactions, or some short statement without identifying who, what, where, or why they are doing it.

This is a discussion board and we can certainly ignore those posts, but I am curious and tend to click into those threads, leaving them frustrated.

[MissMillie]

12. Hard to ignore a post when there's no hint that you might want to.

I have no problem ignoring topics that don't interest me, or when I feel like I have nothing to say about a topic.

It'd be nice to know the topic.

[Caliman73]

13. Definitely.

That is why they call it "clickbait".

[MissMillie]

17. clickbait... I get it out in the rest of the interwebs

But here, I think maybe we should be more considerate of each other.

No, I don't think there needs to be more rules. Just more courtesy.

[lagomorph777]

14. I took the bait!

[MissMillie]

15. And I apologize for baiting the line

The irony is not long ago I was accused of not being clear about a topic when my post specifically had the topic in the title.

I just find it frustrating.

Don't say "Hooray! I love what (so-and-so) said!" without telling us what so-and-so said.

And there are many folks here that post even less information than that in the title.

[lagomorph777]

16. "This!!"

followed by a link to a Twit post...

or yeah, just complete gibberish like "He's gonna get it now!"

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Yep.