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Yikes, the "What if I told you.../What if I tell you.../How would you feel..." ones are terrible. Those would be an automatic delete for me just because they s
by RankingMember 11y ago
Yikes, the "What if I told you.../What if I tell you.../How would you feel..." ones are terrible. Those would be an automatic delete for me just because they sound spammy right off the bat.
- dhimes 11y agoI agree, but keep in mind the real question isn't "does this work for you?" but "does it work for a large enough number of people to be useful?"
- notahacker 11y agoSee also: Buzzfeed I find their style of headline verges on insulting my intelligence, but they've gone to great lengths to statistically prove I'm not the average person.
- jonnathanson 11y agoEvery time I hear "What if I told you...," I can't help thinking of that pathetic old-timey producer character on Entourage who was always asking, "What if I told you [XYZ]? Is that something you might be interested in?" Now, psychologically speaking, "What if I told you [I could solve your problem]" is the correct sort or narrative structure to use in many pitches. But rarely do you want to use that exact phrasing. It can read as cheesy.