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erronis

(23,363 posts) Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:04 PM Nov 2013

Anyone know what this title is about? [View all]

Does anyone else get upset about minimalist tittilating titles like:

- What I'm so upset about
- A few minutes ago
- Look here!
- Pretty (awful) pictures
- Really important!

Of course some of these are stuck on the site by some well-known DU authors.

Still there's no excuse for not putting enough info in the title to let people know if they should click on the article ---- unless you're just click-mongers.

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Anyone know what this title is about? [View all] erronis Nov 2013 OP

? rug Nov 2013 #1

Ambiguous titles bother you ... surrealAmerican Nov 2013 #2

and where else erronis Nov 2013 #10

Did you misspell 'erroneous' when registering? pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #3

not really erronis Nov 2013 #8

Inadequate titles do us a disservice. JEFF9K Nov 2013 #4

Life already has enough disappointments. I don't click on those. n/t dimbear Nov 2013 #5

My sentiments also - I try not to click on the terminally vague subjects erronis Nov 2013 #9

... petronius Nov 2013 #6

Look here! Tree-Hugger Nov 2013 #7