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kentuck

(116,058 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:10 PM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP

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

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

As we get deafer they get louder orthoclad Yesterday #19

Yeah. Moonshot headlines on trivia orthoclad Yesterday #3

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

And add the big yellow arrows PatSeg Yesterday #17

Especially if someone PANICS Auggie 23 hrs ago #24

CHECKMATE!!1! JoseBalow 22 hrs ago #35

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

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

Well, thank YOU for that. And I'll add one more thing. Of the two channels I named, the Bulwark and Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #28

I agree Figarosmom 23 hrs ago #30

You make a good point, and so have put a dent in my antipathy towards talking head YouTube videos chia 23 hrs ago #31

I am going to disagree Cirsium 22 hrs ago #33

So you would rather not have billions of views of Democratic news and opinions. Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #34

Maybe Cirsium 22 hrs ago #36

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

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

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

Seriously? Ads anywhere give good information? Srkdqltr 23 hrs ago #26

That's a low bar Cirsium 22 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #9

WITHOUT CLICKBAIT THERE WOULD BE NO INTERNET! usonian Yesterday #10

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Yesterday #11

I feel berksdem Yesterday #12

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

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

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

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

Sickening Matthew28 Yesterday #18

I've been avoiding clips Quanto Magnus Yesterday #20

RIght? We've had so many "Bombshells" we should be FalloutShelter 23 hrs ago #21

If it has a yellow arrow, I ignore it. nt mcar 23 hrs ago #22

Absolutely correct. Buddyzbuddy 23 hrs ago #25

I just know the very moment "he's" dead, this country is going to erupt, releasing all the anti-American ffr 23 hrs ago #27

Am I just out-to-lunch because I don't bother? calimary 23 hrs ago #29

I avoid anything with blazing primary colors. tavernier 22 hrs ago #32

YEP!!!!! BurnDoubt 21 hrs ago #38