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empedocles

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1. Me too

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:32 AM

Aug 2021

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I wish folks would put a description when posting video clips [View all] captain queeg Aug 2021 OP

Me too empedocles Aug 2021 #1

I've been saying that for years and years and years Orrex Aug 2021 #2

You are not alone. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #3

To get out of the house, I went down to the library on Saturday. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #4

Amen Brother... comradebillyboy Aug 2021 #5

Me too. Also blind links to who knows what. And random posts on Twit. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #6

The obscure title with only a tweet link or a nonsequitor body of one quasi-sentence is the only ... marble falls Aug 2021 #10

And they usually have a thread title of something like zuul Aug 2021 #17

"This!1!" lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #28

I vote for banning "This" posts William Seger Aug 2021 #42

You've got my vote! lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #43

+ 1,000,0000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 hlthe2b Aug 2021 #7

+100 nt Wicked Blue Aug 2021 #35

Same. MuseRider Aug 2021 #8

Many of the Video Clips Have Exciting Tags But Don't Measure Up Once You Look at the Video n/t Indykatie Aug 2021 #9

The videos that claim a clip that's about a minute long in a ball of commentary ... marble falls Aug 2021 #11

Number Four Will Drop Your Jaw! Orrex Aug 2021 #34

I agree! Bait clicks is all they seem to be looking for (get paid or compensated somehow for SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #12

I would rather read as well. It's much faster. I don't ever watch videos that have no Nay Aug 2021 #13

i'd settle for the source of the clip. mopinko Aug 2021 #14

I agree, I bypass most of the videos if no explanation Bev54 Aug 2021 #15

I'm exactly the same way and agree 100% (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #16

It tricks us into watching Fox News crap. pwb Aug 2021 #18

I never open them. Same with blind links. Whoever posts those, you're wasting your time Arazi Aug 2021 #19

Agreed. And I don't watch the clips. iemanja Aug 2021 #20

I hate when on a news site, the video of the story keeps popping up over the text, Swede Aug 2021 #21

The bane of my existance! LeftInTX Aug 2021 #22

+a brazillion! nt tblue37 Aug 2021 #41

I just skip them FakeNoose Aug 2021 #23

DU being DU, various quibbles such as this, NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #24

Yes, when I go to a newspaper site and they post a video. TNNurse Aug 2021 #25

Me, too. I'm hearing impaired and videos with audio are barriers for me. Scottie Mom Aug 2021 #26

Precisely. ChazInAz Aug 2021 #37

Same here. tblue37 Aug 2021 #40

A lot of people here seem to love rage porn videos. johnp3907 Aug 2021 #27

I think you're right. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #31

I hate the misleading titles wryter2000 Aug 2021 #29

I saw a video earlier about how much better ... Whiskeytide Aug 2021 #30

Agreed. I won't click on a video with no description. CaptainTruth Aug 2021 #32

Sadly "phoning it in" appears to have new meaning. A few clues would help indeed. Ford_Prefect Aug 2021 #33

I wish videos came with transcripts TxGuitar Aug 2021 #36

I've always found 2 groups of recordings on the internet, audio or video. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #38

As a deafie it would mean the world to me, too. tblue37 Aug 2021 #39

Yeah. I can read the story faster than a video will plod through it. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2021 #44

Maybe v/o (video only) in the title, like we put n/t in the title? Captain Stern Aug 2021 #45