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This claiming "clickbait" trend is getting out of control. It's like teenagers using the word "random" as a catchall term for who-knows-what. By definition, th

by tcdent 11y ago

This claiming "clickbait" trend is getting out of control. It's like teenagers using the word "random" as a catchall term for who-knows-what. By definition, the title of a talk given at a conference can't be clickbait. Furthermore, how can you claim the title's content wasn't represented until 20 mins in? The title has two parts, one of which you seem to completely ignore.

Spivak 11y ago
If the title of your post is a question then by definition it's clickbait. A more reasonable title would be, "The open source community and the pressure of being part of it."
- eropple 11y ago
  That simple rhetoric for some reason makes you salty does not make it "unreasonable." And using a title to ask a question predates "clickbait" by thousands of years.
beloch 11y ago
Conference talks are typically associated with a descriptive title and an abstract that expands upon it. It's not uncommon for some to title their talks to generate interest at the expense of being appropriately descriptive. This is such a title, and the text associated with the video does not serve as an adequate abstract. The "why do I feel so guilty?" portion of this title does not efficiently convey the content of the talk and instead preys upon the reader's fear, uncertainty, and curiosity. When we read this title we say to ourselves, "Hey, I use/make open source software! What should I feel guilty about?". This does generate interest, but at the expense of being less descriptive than a more prosaic title would have been. If I were at a conference and saw this title without an abstract, I'd consider it unprofessional. It really is "clickbait" in the truest sense of the word, only that "clicking" in the context of a conference takes half an hour of my time and might prevent me from attending another talk that I would have been more interested in, had I not been led astray by an intentionally seductive and vague title. It is entirely appropriate to call this title "clickbait".

by tcdent 11y ago

Spivak 11y ago

If the title of your post is a question then by definition it's clickbait. A more reasonable title would be, "The open source community and the pressure of being part of it."

eropple 11y ago
That simple rhetoric for some reason makes you salty does not make it "unreasonable." And using a title to ask a question predates "clickbait" by thousands of years.

beloch 11y ago

Conference talks are typically associated with a descriptive title and an abstract that expands upon it. It's not uncommon for some to title their talks to generate interest at the expense of being appropriately descriptive. This is such a title, and the text associated with the video does not serve as an adequate abstract. The "why do I feel so guilty?" portion of this title does not efficiently convey the content of the talk and instead preys upon the reader's fear, uncertainty, and curiosity. When we read this title we say to ourselves, "Hey, I use/make open source software! What should I feel guilty about?". This does generate interest, but at the expense of being less descriptive than a more prosaic title would have been. If I were at a conference and saw this title without an abstract, I'd consider it unprofessional. It really is "clickbait" in the truest sense of the word, only that "clicking" in the context of a conference takes half an hour of my time and might prevent me from attending another talk that I would have been more interested in, had I not been led astray by an intentionally seductive and vague title. It is entirely appropriate to call this title "clickbait".