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marble falls

(64,283 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 08:44 PM Mar 25

Trump Visits Congress Today, *

1. The full title is click bait.
2. Mango Jebus "getting booed" is not in the footage.
3. No-one that i heard said 'fuck Mango Jebus.

What it does have Rep Swawell at town halls. Sen Warner and and others just beat up the Director of CIA who can't seem to recall anything andTulsi Gabbert who refused to resond to question about information that is NOT classified. (watched that segment twice.

I don't get it. Why in the hell do they click bait when the video stands tall on its own??

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Disaffected

(5,479 posts)
2. Clickbait YouTube titles are used because
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:12 PM
Mar 25

the "creators" get paid based on the number of views. Clickbaiting and exaggerated content significance are unfortunately pretty much the rule now-a-days and as a result including IMO even popular sites such as Meidas Touch. Another example is the never-ending videos about the war in Ukraine (it seems the Russian invading forces are always getting nut-kicked and about to collapse). Vids about Tesla upcoming models are similar, usually contain nothing new and are full of irrelevant, old footage. Similarly it seems Trump and MAGA are in a continuous state of collapse.

Disaffected

(5,479 posts)
5. True but I guess the video creator thought it would be a good idea to
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 12:14 AM
Wednesday

use a clickbait title to get even more views. (and with a particularly crappy form of clickbait where a sensational sounding title bears no resemblance to the video content).

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