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Aussie105

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69. Clickbait is easy to identify and ignore.

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Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:00 PM

2 hrs ago

And any videos on a topic that could be covered in 2 minutes but is padded out to 30 minutes with talking heads, gets junked after the first 30 seconds.

AI generated videos of people and animals doing impossible things? They get sneered at.

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Breaking news: Internet erupts as Hillary Clinton confesses: "I am the mother of an extraterrestrial love child." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago OP

How to recognize clickbait in addition to the source... jmbar2 14 hrs ago #1

I see "melt down" a lot. Sneederbunk 14 hrs ago #4

Good one jmbar2 14 hrs ago #5

another good one jmbar2 13 hrs ago #15

I regulate my YouTube search algorithm by banning those words, but unfortunately TheRickles 14 hrs ago #6

I've banned meidas touch specifically because of their clickbait titles. Lucky Luciano 12 hrs ago #18

Thanks. I rarely bother with Meidas Touch. . . . h2ebits 11 hrs ago #41

if you're using clickbait tactics .... you're well on the way to being .... Umm, clickbait? .. -(nt)- stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #25

Add "I'm crying ..." relayerbob 13 hrs ago #8

BOMBSHELL! Ptah 13 hrs ago #10

That's a big one! jmbar2 13 hrs ago #12

Right? If Republicans, say, were DESTROYED, then... Beartracks 12 hrs ago #29

Checkmate! JoseBalow 11 hrs ago #35

and I think SCantiGOP 9 hrs ago #60

"ANNIHILATES" is both exaggerated and overused. nt eppur_se_muova 9 hrs ago #61

good one - added jmbar2 8 hrs ago #66

And if they try to blame Hillary Clinton for any of it. calimary 4 hrs ago #67

Add to that list videos that feature tendentious headlines Ocelot II 14 hrs ago #2

It's tiresome. Infuriating. And the most absolute crass self-promotion stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #27

I heartly agree with you. I got busted for calling the lip shot post stupid. Things are not right. Srkdqltr 14 hrs ago #3

Agreed. China and Russia must be destroyed hundreds of NewHendoLib 13 hrs ago #7

It sounds good in theory EarlG 13 hrs ago #9

"But... you're essentially asking for a ban on hyperbole." mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago #13

My head literally exploded too EarlG 12 hrs ago #24

Well, I guess we'll have to add DU to the list of "aggregators" erronis 12 hrs ago #26

No need to ban jmbar2 12 hrs ago #16

I agree. It's our responsibility as DUers. yardwork 12 hrs ago #20

Agreed, as long as it is sufficiently humiliating. LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #34

How about giving users an option to auto-ignore posts with containing videos? Orrex 12 hrs ago #17

Especially those with no summary QED 11 hrs ago #31

Except those from The Dodo QED 11 hrs ago #40

Funnily enough, exceptions are part of the problem EarlG 11 hrs ago #52

You're saying AI couldn't handle that ?? We still need actual PEOPLE ?? eppur_se_muova 9 hrs ago #62

I understand the problem. But, at the very least, a video post needs a synopsis. QED 8 hrs ago #63

The only way I can think of to handle this would be EarlG 8 hrs ago #65

Agree with the "in theory" comment... OddMom20 11 hrs ago #43

The Internet is definitely more trash-filled than it used to be EarlG 11 hrs ago #51

As far as Raw Story goes.... reACTIONary 1 hr ago #70

Stop posting comments from unknown people just because they are on someone's site or pod question everything 13 hrs ago #11

I remember liking Rawstory over 20 years ago PatSeg 13 hrs ago #14

It's embarrassing. yardwork 12 hrs ago #19

I seem to get news from RawStory faster than from the original sources, Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #21

being 'left' does not erase, or counterweight, transgression stopdiggin 11 hrs ago #39

'transgression' ??? Pfffft Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #42

the 'transgression' is in the (deliberate) crap clickbait methodology stopdiggin 10 hrs ago #53

Yeah, I understand 'annoyance'--- personally I'm most annoyed by Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #54

Oh, 100%, definitely! Take 20 seconds out of your precious day! Give me a REASON .. ! stopdiggin 10 hrs ago #55

Thank you my friend - I have personally trashed these silly videos FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #22

You are so right. YouTube is becoming a cesspool infullview 12 hrs ago #23

"CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!" milestogo 12 hrs ago #28

"mahatmakanejeeves DESTROYS clickbait posters in BRUTAL TAKEDOWN!!" LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #30

You win jmbar2 11 hrs ago #33

best post (and thread) of the day ... and the next ... and quite possibly ... - -(nt)- stopdiggin 11 hrs ago #32

Your issue is with rawstory. Those are their headlines. Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #36

(and Hillary's extra-terrestrial love child will ONE DAY be elected President of the U.S., Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #37

You think maybe it's Freepers or MAGAs registering nd then posting misinfo to make DU look like another nutjob site? ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #38

I don't think that's the case EarlG 11 hrs ago #44

Now, for the REST of the stories. usonian 11 hrs ago #45

Those are hilarious! MorbidButterflyTat 8 hrs ago #64

Is this the Weekly World News? Zelda_Orchid 11 hrs ago #46

Some posters are more interested in generating clickbait headlines than providing relevant and useful infiormation. Martin68 11 hrs ago #47

A face and a shocking headline. BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #48

Another give away is to look at the video length. Good reports are in the 5 to max 10 minute range. flashman13 11 hrs ago #49

There was a time Jilly_in_VA 11 hrs ago #50

I tried to say this last week here snowybirdie 10 hrs ago #56

When browsing the Videos forum I automatically skip the ones with big yellow letters. TygrBright 10 hrs ago #57

BREAKING!!! Initech 10 hrs ago #58

As a gentle suggestion, since I am not going to give myself a headache niyad 9 hrs ago #59

Thank you, mahatmakanejeeves A_Steel_Magnolia 3 hrs ago #68

Clickbait is easy to identify and ignore. Aussie105 2 hrs ago #69