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Fiendish Thingy

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69. Unfortunately , I've had to put numerous clickbait posters on ignore

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 01:37 PM

Apr 2023

There are a few DUers whose posts are almost exclusively clickbait videos. By putting them on ignore, my “latest posts” feed is cleaned up considerably, actually showing legitimate news items and interesting topics of discussion, instead of long lists of mostly clickbait videos.

Earl, it might be heavy handed but it might possibly help if there were a limit to the number of videos a user could post in a day?

I’m sure you know there are some DUers who are using DU strictly to drive traffic to their videos and increase the revenue they generate. They post their videos and rarely engage in any follow up discussion- IMO, it’s no different than if I posted videos of my own songs, or hand made jewelry, or my eBay auctions, or any other commercial venture.

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Anyone else sick of hyperbolic OP headlines - lots of capital letters, [View all] NewHendoLib Apr 2023 OP

No, but I hate OPs titles like THIS nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #1

Don't you tire of the BS? NewHendoLib Apr 2023 #3

What? Nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #8

Oh maybe I'm not clear XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #9

+1 MiHale Apr 2023 #32

+2 Amaryllis Apr 2023 #67

Yes, definite BunnyMcGee Apr 2023 #76

Thanks for clarifying. I thought you were referring to this post rather than the monosyllabic Martin68 Apr 2023 #77

Agree, you beat me to it SCantiGOP Apr 2023 #119

This! Pinback Apr 2023 #120

If you mean posts with just the word THIS as the title, Croney Apr 2023 #10

Yes XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Tetrachloride Apr 2023 #29

+1 again MiHale Apr 2023 #33

second and third your comment question everything Apr 2023 #48

If you mean original posts with just the word THIS as the title, I don't think I've ever seen one. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #121

I just ignore them. grumpyduck Apr 2023 #2

Yes, they have been TOTALLY DESTROYED. dalton99a Apr 2023 #4

✔️ blm Apr 2023 #31

I'm surprised anyone is still standing after all the bombshells. Magoo48 Apr 2023 #54

We see that mostly on clickbait videos produced by semi-amateur vloggers Ocelot II Apr 2023 #5

Meidas Touch is another offender. GoCubsGo Apr 2023 #17

I can no longer watch Ben Meisel. Although he's not the only one LakeArenal Apr 2023 #23

Agreed! Agreed! Agreed! I find myself going to DU less and less. I won't watch OP with unknowns..... usaf-vet Apr 2023 #43

Yes! And I thought it was just me! mrsadm Apr 2023 #118

I thought I was the only one that can't stand Medias Touch ... aggiesal Apr 2023 #122

I don't dislike them. Just their hyperbole. GoCubsGo Apr 2023 #127

Occasionally I'll click on what I think is the original material, instead it's a boring guy betsuni Apr 2023 #28

+1. (plus 'tendentious' - for 50 extra points!) -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 2023 #47

Ocelot, you've spotted my pet peeve. TY Hekate Apr 2023 #63

Yup, it always turns out to be clickbait. Nobody is ever "DESTROYED." nt SunSeeker Apr 2023 #66

They aren't even EMBARRASSED or HUMILIATED. Or, for that matter, ANNOYED. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #86

I totally agree. paleotn Apr 2023 #91

Every time there's a post like yours, I join in, Croney Apr 2023 #6

Yes. n/t ms liberty Apr 2023 #7

FWIW, the algorithms on YouTube promote the videos that have the clickbait titles TexasTowelie Apr 2023 #11

The algorithms promote videos with clickbait titles because they have already generated clicks Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #62

Very. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2023 #13

A BeerBarrelPolka Apr 2023 #14

On #2 Effete Snob Apr 2023 #24

I'm pretty much with you. I just don't open them if I see multiples judesedit Apr 2023 #35

Yes. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #15

I Am The Magistrate Apr 2023 #16

I'm INFURIATED and ready to EXPLODE! Effete Snob Apr 2023 #18

WHAAAAT? TheBlackAdder Apr 2023 #115

I'm SHOCKED by this! nt Shermann Apr 2023 #19

I am particularly tired of videos that tell me what to think about some AndyS Apr 2023 #20

+1. stop wasting my time. stopdiggin Apr 2023 #45

MTG EMBARRASSES/HUMILIATES HERSELF! Diamond_Dog Apr 2023 #21

+1. It is useless to talk about shame when it comes to Republicans dalton99a Apr 2023 #26

+1 MontanaMama Apr 2023 #38

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER RIGHT FUCKING NOW! madinmaryland Apr 2023 #22

Get out and knock on doors Effete Snob Apr 2023 #25

Just don't get shot! erronis Apr 2023 #27

That's what the door buzzard is for Effete Snob Apr 2023 #78

Thanks. stage left Apr 2023 #114

get into federal trouble! treestar Apr 2023 #85

While we're boaning and mitching, what's with the google search? erronis Apr 2023 #30

Use the Advance Search best feature of DU question everything Apr 2023 #52

Thanks, QE. I've been told to use it before and forgot. Unfortunately it is painfully slow and even erronis Apr 2023 #58

I too find this rather exhausting EarlG Apr 2023 #34

Thanks, EarlG. If you can't fix it nobody can! erronis Apr 2023 #55

+1 dalton99a Apr 2023 #56

Thanks for your cogent response, EarlG Hekate Apr 2023 #65

Unfortunately , I've had to put numerous clickbait posters on ignore Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #69

+1 Effete Snob Apr 2023 #79

Thanks, EarlG. You got my point perfectly. I appreciate your response. NewHendoLib Apr 2023 #110

If the video forum was not an auto include for "latest" Effete Snob Apr 2023 #116

there is a easy solution to the all caps, just copy the all caps title and google search it Celerity Apr 2023 #117

Sad Cherokee100 Apr 2023 #36

Look up blogslug Apr 2023 #46

You can become a star member and not see any ads question everything Apr 2023 #50

It costs real $$ to keep the site going. That's moonscape Apr 2023 #64

LOL Kali Apr 2023 #70

pony up a few bucks and you won't see any ads Skittles Apr 2023 #124

My Pet Peeve is People Bitching About DU Who Don't Invest in a Membership Indykatie Apr 2023 #126

I don't understand why it bothers you so much? judesedit Apr 2023 #37

. Effete Snob Apr 2023 #84

I like it judesedit Apr 2023 #96

A lot of it is "eliminationist" rhetoric, borrowed from the right, or wrestling jmbar2 Apr 2023 #39

Yes, prety sick. And let me add my own pet peeve: abbreviating phrases or even entire sentences. Beastly Boy Apr 2023 #40

Yes!!!! BeerBarrelPolka Apr 2023 #42

well past tired (and disillusioned) stopdiggin Apr 2023 #41

I get it. It is exhausting. blogslug Apr 2023 #44

just one thing. Meidas Touch barbtries Apr 2023 #49

Tedious, but education sometimes is. rickford66 Apr 2023 #57

I've become a big fan. barbtries Apr 2023 #59

plus one CatWoman Apr 2023 #94

Clickbait language Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #51

I agree. Abigail_Adams Apr 2023 #89

Absolute Worst Offender Roy Rolling Apr 2023 #53

"Bombshell!" weekly for 7 years orthoclad Apr 2023 #60

https://convertcase.net/ quaint Apr 2023 #61

Hyperbolic wishing Luck Counts Apr 2023 #68

I'm STUNNED and SHOCKED by the hyperbolic use of these SENSATIONAL OUTRAGES! NBachers Apr 2023 #71

No, but I worry about this kind of divisive OP nolabear Apr 2023 #72

Yes JanLip Apr 2023 #88

Yup. Considering the state of the world and the country this is much ado about nothing. dameatball Apr 2023 #90

You know JanLip Apr 2023 #95

XanaDuer was pretty clear that her objection to the "This" posts was not posts Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #101

Thanks JanLip Apr 2023 #103

No problem and hang in there. Still the best place around imo. dameatball Apr 2023 #111

That's my point, too judesedit Apr 2023 #97

I thought we were supposed to be supporting each other here judesedit Apr 2023 #98

I don't think someone expressing a dislike for clickbait amounts to us being unsupportive of Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #102

I guess you're right judesedit Apr 2023 #106

. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #107

Very true judesedit Apr 2023 #108

Yeah. This is also true. It all comes down to being on the same side in the end. dameatball Apr 2023 #112

It's Cathartic Effete Snob Apr 2023 #130

I avoid them like the plague. I know it's the title of the vid (usually a vid) but it's like ... Hekate Apr 2023 #73

Not really Ferrets are Cool Apr 2023 #74

Both all caps and the same old cliche hyperbole - demolished, killed, ruined - have the opposite of Martin68 Apr 2023 #75

Nearly half of these are posts of Brian Taylor Cohen's BRILLIANT and AWESOME TAKES DOWNS TeamProg Apr 2023 #80

The endless drama... dlk Apr 2023 #81

yes. nothing ever increases or decreases treestar Apr 2023 #82

I just went through three pages of GD, and really didn't see what you are seeing to any great extent demmiblue Apr 2023 #83

If your go-to is the "Latest" tab Effete Snob Apr 2023 #99

I was so shocked when I was told that not everyone starts with the "Latest" tab. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #105

The OP actually made sure to express that he was NOT talking about DU. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #100

Careful reading is severely lacking these days NewHendoLib Apr 2023 #109

Yep, 99% of the time, it's nowhere near the hype relayerbob Apr 2023 #87

The only capital letter title I want to see is....CONVICTED and SENTENCED. paleotn Apr 2023 #92

Ha! Exactly!!! Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #104

I'm not, but H2O Man Apr 2023 #93

K&R stage left Apr 2023 #113

Yes caraher Apr 2023 #123

This is right up there with YouTube videos that will Javaman Apr 2023 #125

Yes, especially the ones described as "hacks" GoCubsGo Apr 2023 #128

Just put an egg in the soup... Effete Snob Apr 2023 #129

I scrolled down the whole first page... LAS14 Apr 2023 #131