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> “Oh Jeeeesus” > In another video, Brandon's Tesla was making a left turn but wasn't turning sharply enough to avoid hitting a car parked on the opposite side
by Sebb767 6y ago
> “Oh Jeeeesus”
> In another video, Brandon's Tesla was making a left turn but wasn't turning sharply enough to avoid hitting a car parked on the opposite side of the cross street. "Oh Jeeeesus," Brandon said as he grabbed the steering wheel and jerked it to the left. "Oh my God," Brandon's passenger added.
Maybe it's just me, but this screams clickbait and low effort. The overall article is fine, but I nearly stopped reading after this. Is this kind of writing really necessary nowadays?
- Waterluvian 6y agoI think given the high stakes of killing yourself or other people, we should be brutally unforgiving in highlighting major failures of killer technology.
- rubyron 6y ago“Killer Technology” - the Tesla marketing team is going to use that now.
- Sebb767 6y agoFair enough. But on the other hand, if our headlines we're like this: > OOOOH MY GOOOOSH! - Data scientist REACTS to possible DATA BREACH by HAXORS ... I doubt it would help highlight the need for security. On a more general level, I personally don't think it's worth to trade reputation for attention via clickbait. But it might be the better option, I honestly don't know.
- deft 6y agoIn that case a computer isn't nearly killing someone. Very obviously not a fair comparison.
- grecy 6y agoAnd in the videos shown the vehicles are not going fast enough to kill any occupants either.
- Sebb767 6y agoI'm not saying grabbing attention is bad - I fully agree that the topic needs it. But those warnings might be in vain because you're not taken seriously. Imagine BuzzFeed would start to warn about a serious issue - sure, they get the attention, but with their reputation is going to be hard to get people to take their point seriously. And I hate to see ArsTechnica going in this direction.
- dmix 6y ago> Is this kind of writing really necessary nowadays? Not on HN usually.
- izacus 6y agoConsidering the seriousness of the failures and the overwhelming Tesla marketing downplaying the failures... Yes, yes it is.
- pimlottc 6y agoWhat kind of writing? Aside from the quotes, the description is pretty neutral. Do you believe the passengers said those things?
- Sebb767 6y agoI do believe them they said this and even if not, it doesn't matter. But one could have left this paragraph out without making the article any worse. In fact, I'd say describing a passenger reaction that closely actually distracts from the gravity of the situation.
- 205guy 6y agoI agree, it is clearly a clickbait title with the keyword of "reaction" to imitate that type of youtube video title. Then again it might be tongue-in-cheek, but since it fits the content perfectly, it's always hard to tell.
- mlindner 6y agoTimothy B Lee only posts articles that are negative on Tesla so yes it's clickbait-y. I really wish Ars Technica would bet a better auto writer.