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So, howcum I open 10 threads and 7 of them are just Twitter links? (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Aug 2022 OP
Maybe Musk buys DU? Frasier Balzov Aug 2022 #1
The rest are video links, which I wouldn't mind if there were even a single sentence of context. hlthe2b Aug 2022 #2
subject lines that STAND OUT with RANDOM capitalization Effete Snob Aug 2022 #4
. Effete Snob Aug 2022 #3

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
2. The rest are video links, which I wouldn't mind if there were even a single sentence of context.
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 04:44 AM
Aug 2022

I come to DU to read and discuss and even on a good day, I don't have time to watch video after video, though the option is nice. Could we please emphasize doing so (reading and discussing) again?

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
4. subject lines that STAND OUT with RANDOM capitalization
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 06:58 AM
Aug 2022

Clickbait.

The video is ten seconds of content you’ve probably already SEEN in a five minute wrapper of LAME commentary with a clickbait headline.

I had someone tell me that posting a summary ruins the artistic effect of the tension caused by the clickbait headline and “gives away the point”. As if that is not the purpose of communication.

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