Recommend Like many of y'all, I read a fair number of Lefty websites

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PCIntern (27,527 posts)

Like many of y'all, I read a fair number of Lefty websites

and there’s one thing that is beginning to really irk me

I’m gonna preface this by saying that I understand that the poster/author/commentator makes money based upon the number of people who click onto the site. That being said, I find it increasingly annoying when the headlines are such verbiage as: TRUMP HAS COMPLETE MELTDOWN or THE WHITE HOUSE IN COMPLETE PANIC or TRUMP SCREAMS AT REPORTER WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT EPSTEIN LIST.

Then, when you watch the video, after the individual leads with variations of the headline, followed by the rationale and entreaties to “leave a like”, subscribe, and how incredibly important it is to him or her and “will go a long way in maintaining this level of discourse”, video is shown which in no manner reflects a meltdown, panic, or screaming.


All of you know how I feel about this miscreant/criminal so you know that I’m not sugarcoating his lies and outright treasonous behavior, but the commentators are undermining their own credibility by basically presenting a carrot and not delivering, in many cases not even close.


Some of you may disagree with me and I understand that, but after a while I would suggest that many disappointed readers might stop clicking on the site because it isn’t delivering the equivalent of what the RW clickbait columns do deliver, albeit they are constituted mostly of lies and hysteria/poutrage. My assertion is that the authors on our righteous side should utilize language that accurately describes the content.

“I thank you for your attention to this matter”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220551335

Nobody gives a rats ass what you. Blowhard.

[SVPete]

PCIntern is whining about clickbait hype-headlines of Prog skews & Kommentary websites? Join the club. I've been calling out for several years the same kind of clickbait and ad-and-pop-up-infested crap being posted on conservative discussion sites. I wish only Proggies got hoovered by those sorts of clickbait headlines.

On a parallel tack, beware of AI-generated clickbait-grade pictures. Mrs. SVPete has been POed recently with "pictures" of celebs that are clearly phony - e.g. supposed pictures from recent events that are clearly 5 or more years old or a pic of Paul McCartney playing bass ... right-handed.

[RonE]

I don't understand PCIntern's concerns over misleading, sensationalist headlines. Look around at the politicians he's supported. When is the last time an accurate, reasonable statement has been made by a Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler, Schiff, Biden, Obama, or Hillary? When is the last time the horrific predictions made by "The View" have proved to be correct?  NYT?, Bernie? AOC?  And, now some bloggers lack of accurate headlines is unsettling?!

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PCIntern (27,527 posts)

Like many of y'all, I read a fair number of Lefty websites

Lefty websites hate this one simple trick.
Turn off the computer, go outside and touch the grass. 

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Then, when you watch the video, after the individual leads with variations of the headline, followed by the rationale and entreaties to “leave a like”, subscribe, and how incredibly important it is to him or her and “will go a long way in maintaining this level of discourse”, video is shown which in no manner reflects a meltdown, panic, or screaming.

Yes, the term is grifting. Left-wing commentators, media outlets, Democratic Party politicians, and “resistance” organizations have been doing it for years.