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57. I'm not clicking on those much anymore, agree. BTW...It's what online Fox's front page looks like every day. nt

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Like many of y'all, I read a fair number of Lefty websites [View all] PCIntern Aug 2025 OP

Fantasy drives the perception of reality bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #1

What you post is true and I agree with it, gab13by13 Aug 2025 #2

Yeah, I think I'm going to quit watching those videos. Haggard Celine Aug 2025 #3

I rarely watch videos here with headlines like the ones you cite. Lonestarblue Aug 2025 #4

thank you jaymac Aug 2025 #28

If the title is hyperbolic (PUTIN has PANIC ATTACK as the last Russian soldier IS KILLED!) or just over loaded ... marble falls Aug 2025 #7

YES! Any one that uses "Destroyed" or "Broke the Internet" TNNurse Aug 2025 #23

Makes me want to grit my teeth every time. marble falls Aug 2025 #39

Bombshell. Amaryllis Aug 2025 #46

It is not just bombastic headlines with little content there is now a lot of AI videos out there Bev54 Aug 2025 #62

The amount of pure AI crap on youtube is astounding. whatever use of energy is needed to promulgate it is pure waste. marble falls Aug 2025 #65

I dont watch videos on DU. I am on a tablet and videos dont work so good. Trueblue1968 Aug 2025 #121

I use a couple of Kindle Fires Haggard Celine Aug 2025 #123

I couldn't agree more, it's making checking in here unbearable some days. we can do it Aug 2025 #5

Just by viewing RW trash we contribute to their monetization on youtube. marble falls Aug 2025 #6

This isn't right wing trash PCIntern Aug 2025 #10

It's all part of the same pile of useless crap. marble falls Aug 2025 #13

Just don't read or watch: Maggiemayhem Aug 2025 #71

I agree. Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2025 #8

I appreciate that you didn't present this as EarlG Aug 2025 #9

On the home page RockCreek Aug 2025 #27

I think Liberal YouTubers is the biggest offender EarlG Aug 2025 #32

I've blocked liberal youtubers RockCreek Aug 2025 #56

I have to say, though, that there are some SHOCKINGLY AMAZING KILLER Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2025 #97

I'll be honest, I don't really know about the content EarlG Aug 2025 #98

Right. I get it! As I mentioned, I despise manic, hyperbolic Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2025 #100

But if you get rid of that forum... Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #37

I have no plans to get rid of the forum EarlG Aug 2025 #64

Thank you for your well reasoned discussion of this issue. love_katz Aug 2025 #122

Would be nice if ignored users/forums didn't appear on Home page JoseBalow Aug 2025 #95

It would be nice, but EarlG Aug 2025 #99

Thank you, I hadn't thought to trash the Liberal YouTubers Forum, so now I've done exactly that. chia Aug 2025 #106

Ah that makes sense jfz9580m Aug 2025 #116

PCIntern explodes in wild, lathered-up, norm-shattering rant BoRaGard Aug 2025 #11

*EXPLODES!!! markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #31

That's a video I WOULD watch FakeNoose Aug 2025 #80

"BREAKING!!!" Callie1979 Aug 2025 #127

Yeah, it gets old Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #12

The Meidastouch network does that shit all the time. Omnipresent Aug 2025 #14

Too much clickbait. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #69

Yessir! Omnipresent Aug 2025 #72

I think they came on the scene in 2020? I kinda liked them, but they were a bit Over the Top. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #81

This is the reason I stopped watching Midas Touch onlyadream Aug 2025 #93

Can't waste my time on 10 minute videos... MiHale Aug 2025 #15

Why don't we put AI to good use & provide us a transcript of EVERY video? CrispyQ Aug 2025 #47

Some YouTube videos have it done... MiHale Aug 2025 #54

Maybe the person posting the video should find the transcript and include it in the post DBoon Aug 2025 #84

All for it...and to be fair... MiHale Aug 2025 #85

I rarely watch videos. Like you, I feel like it's a waste of time. SalviaBlue Aug 2025 #53

👍 MiHale Aug 2025 #55

Be aware of sensational headlines Dave Id Aug 2025 #16

Yes! This sensationalism makes me cringe and NOT read it. AllyCat Aug 2025 #17

Totally agree . . . LovelyStuff Aug 2025 #18

I like Meidas orangecrush Aug 2025 #19

I agree, it's great content. cilla4progress Aug 2025 #58

Yeah, especially the ones titled "Trump has really lost it this time" and I think... Crowman2009 Aug 2025 #20

It drives me crazy too mcar Aug 2025 #21

I'm pretty much only watching clips of either progressive YouTubers who don't pull that BS... Crowman2009 Aug 2025 #22

Agree 100%. CaptainTruth Aug 2025 #24

Yes it's extremely irksome and it's also the main reason why I'm avoiding these podcasts FakeNoose Aug 2025 #25

Same. So much so that I'm refraining from perusing sites now. It's a sensory overload leading to disappointment. n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2025 #26

Payed attention. cachukis Aug 2025 #29

In Complete Total Agreement JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #30

I agree that the video names are bs but I find them to be entertaining althoigh I seldom watch them in entirety. CentralMass Aug 2025 #33

I absolutely agree! Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #34

Very irritating Klaus Hergersheimer Aug 2025 #35

I'm old. markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #36

Clickbait does not work on me... kirby Aug 2025 #38

That's what they all say. Until... BoRaGard Aug 2025 #42

If the clickbait vid has useful info, please summarize the punchline so we don't have to watch it. jmbar2 Aug 2025 #40

BREAKING NEWS!!!..... Escape Aug 2025 #41

My friend Tracy sends me those links JMCKUSICK Aug 2025 #43

I hate the clickbait so much. Such headlines are non-starters for me. This includes Raw Story & MeadasTouch themaguffin Aug 2025 #44

So, would you rather they have mundane titles and DIE ON THE VINE? Ferrets are Cool Aug 2025 #45

Good to know! cilla4progress Aug 2025 #59

Yes, I would rather. hunter Aug 2025 #86

We disagree. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2025 #129

My hyperbole meter now has a special cutoff for clickbait. nt Festivito Aug 2025 #48

You are 100% correct. I dislike those very much as well, to an extent that I don't ever click on them again. Escurumbele Aug 2025 #49

K&R, wholeheartedly agree! Martin Eden Aug 2025 #50

I don't watch any news, opinion, or political videos... hunter Aug 2025 #51

Sometimes every post on my feed has a red square, Ocelot II Aug 2025 #52

As EarlG suggested above, it may be best to trash that forum intrepidity Aug 2025 #90

I'm not clicking on those much anymore, agree. BTW...It's what online Fox's front page looks like every day. nt wiggs Aug 2025 #57

Superlatives and hyperbole drive clicks... Wounded Bear Aug 2025 #60

Nice meltdown, Hitler... BluesRunTheGame Aug 2025 #61

Back in the day Brainstormy Aug 2025 #63

I respond, "I just checked. He's still alive and hasn't melted yet". LeftInTX Aug 2025 #66

I scroll on past most of the threads marked with that little red box. GoodRaisin Aug 2025 #67

AGREED people Aug 2025 #68

I've tried a few and regretted it thoroughly, like eating a very bad mystery-meat pie... Hekate Aug 2025 #70

Yeah, I no longer fall for click bait. n/t PatrickforB Aug 2025 #73

Thanks, EarlG, and PCIntern! summer_in_TX Aug 2025 #74

and the RW / MAGA / Fox azureblue Aug 2025 #75

I try not to click on anything YouTube, once in a while I click by mistake and I'm pissed at myself, and close the page. dem4decades Aug 2025 #76

I'm sick of it too!! Bluesaph Aug 2025 #77

Gen X OC375 Aug 2025 #78

Over in the E&E forum I frequent, the word "BREAKTHROUGH!!!" has been used for years. NNadir Aug 2025 #79

I too have complained about the obnoxious hyperbole employed as clickbait on so many videos. I just don't click on Martin68 Aug 2025 #82

HOLY SHIT! PCIntern GOES APESHIT IN DIATRIBE AGAINST LEFTIST WEBSITES!!11! JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #83

Very funny PCIntern Aug 2025 #94

As a rule, SCantiGOP Aug 2025 #87

YES! Stop with the BS headlines! frogstar0 Aug 2025 #88

I no longer click on sensational headlines slingsam Aug 2025 #89

Same ejbr Aug 2025 #91

I immediately delete OnionPatch Aug 2025 #92

My favorite gripe are the ones about China's economic collapse. 3Hotdogs Aug 2025 #96

Yellow journalism is nothing new Shermann Aug 2025 #101

The Internet shifted the definition of attention economy. SouthBayDem Aug 2025 #103

With each passing year, I'm agreeing more and more with the following sentiment expressed by Aaron Sorkin: Midwestern Democrat Aug 2025 #109

I agree 100%. Laffy Kat Aug 2025 #102

Yep, the Tabloid Aisle madamesilverspurs Aug 2025 #104

come here. no headlines or clickbait tmars505 Aug 2025 #105

Nice site. I'll bookmark it. Thanks! PCIntern Aug 2025 #107

FATAL MISTAKE! Skittles Aug 2025 #108

One thing I am grateful to Trump for jfz9580m Aug 2025 #113

no kids here either Skittles Aug 2025 #114

Nah jfz9580m Aug 2025 #115

awwww shucks Skittles Aug 2025 #117

Grifters Cirsium Aug 2025 #110

For God's sake GAJMac Aug 2025 #111

There are 3 distinct kinds of political engagement online jfz9580m Aug 2025 #112

yeah thats annoying AF TalenaGor Aug 2025 #118

Meanwhile the Reich Wing Noise Machine puts out BS that's TOTALLY false Montauk6 Aug 2025 #119

Right? When I see a headline using "so-and-so DESTROYED," I fully expect... Beartracks Aug 2025 #120

Well, when Trump posts on Lies Social in ALL CAPS, that is SCREAMING Jack Valentino Aug 2025 #124

It's ubiquitous iemanja Aug 2025 #125

I particularly enjoy Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #126

RW pages do worse, post blatant lies to get you to click to read it Callie1979 Aug 2025 #128