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kentuck

(116,202 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:10 PM Jun 26

The problem with these "screaming" headlines on YouTube and elsewhere... [View all]

....is that they are mostly for clickbait.

So what happens when there is a real "screaming" headline?

How will people know the difference?

Will it just be the little boy that cried "Wolf!"?

YouTube is especially bad with their headlines.

It is getting more and more difficult, not just to find information, but to also interpret it. If everything is "Breaking!", then nothing is breaking.

It makes it more difficult to keep up with the news. Soon, it all becomes a circus.

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The problem with these "screaming" headlines on YouTube and elsewhere... [View all] kentuck Jun 26 OP

it may have been breaking when it was posted , a few days ago rampartd Jun 26 #1

They will numb the intended audience at some point so that the "click bait" aspect no longer works hlthe2b Jun 26 #2

As we get deafer they get louder orthoclad Jun 26 #19

Yeah. Moonshot headlines on trivia orthoclad Jun 26 #3

But if I USE ALL CAPS to show how URGENT this is.... 68er Jun 26 #4

And add the big yellow arrows PatSeg Jun 26 #17

Especially if someone PANICS Auggie Jun 26 #24

CHECKMATE!!1! JoseBalow Jun 26 #35

We complain constantly, and accurately, that the right has a stranglehold on the Scrivener7 Jun 26 #5

I'm glad you posted as I often forego thinking clearly about their value. Ilikepurple Jun 26 #23

Well, thank YOU for that. And I'll add one more thing. Of the two channels I named, the Bulwark and Scrivener7 Jun 26 #28

I agree Figarosmom Jun 26 #30

You make a good point, and so have put a dent in my antipathy towards talking head YouTube videos chia Jun 26 #31

I am going to disagree Cirsium Jun 26 #33

So you would rather not have billions of views of Democratic news and opinions. Scrivener7 Jun 26 #34

Maybe Cirsium Jun 26 #36

Not to mention the use of AI in the clickbait. Sneederbunk Jun 26 #6

Another problem with those headlines is that they make people who re-post them RockRaven Jun 26 #7

There is a lot of good information on some of those "click baits" hookaleft Jun 26 #8

Seriously? Ads anywhere give good information? Srkdqltr Jun 26 #26

That's a low bar Cirsium Jun 26 #37

Personally I just skip them and if something piques my interest in the title I'll google it to see if there is a story chowder66 Jun 26 #9

WITHOUT CLICKBAIT THERE WOULD BE NO INTERNET! usonian Jun 26 #10

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Jun 26 #11

I feel berksdem Jun 26 #12

Our friends on the Youtube 'left' are just as guilty NeoTrajan Jun 26 #13

I'm sure a lot has to do with your algorithm... kentuck Jun 26 #14

The only YouTube channels I watch are live trials. I read the paper for news. Raftergirl Jun 26 #15

It's avoidable when you see the headline patterns BaronChocula Jun 26 #16

Sickening Matthew28 Jun 26 #18

I've been avoiding clips Quanto Magnus Jun 26 #20

RIght? We've had so many "Bombshells" we should be FalloutShelter Jun 26 #21

If it has a yellow arrow, I ignore it. nt mcar Jun 26 #22

Absolutely correct. Buddyzbuddy Jun 26 #25

I just know the very moment "he's" dead, this country is going to erupt, releasing all the anti-American ffr Jun 26 #27

Am I just out-to-lunch because I don't bother? calimary Jun 26 #29

I avoid anything with blazing primary colors. tavernier Jun 26 #32

YEP!!!!! BurnDoubt Jun 26 #38