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My sentiment towards the EFF just took a big tumble, probably permanently. Tricking and cheating people has costs as well as benefits. EDIT: I've had my faith

• teknopaul 5y ago
  A twist in the tail of a good story is not cheating, it's story telling. You wouldn't want the title of a film to have a spoiler. This article has a good story arc, and I enjoyed the read, and learnt something to boot.
• danuker 5y ago
  I believe this speaks more about yourself than EFF. You are judging a 79-employee non-profit based on a single article from one of them. There's also the fact that the article did not cheat in any way, but reflected one's mindset while discovering such an issue. A bit of trickery, sure, but what's life without plot twists?
  • playpause 5y ago
    No, I'm not judging them, I just said my view of them took a tumble. When I feel tricked, I lose trust in whoever tricked me. And negative trust is often lasting. It's hard to gain trust and very easy to lose it. BUT: I didn't read the whole article. I read kogepathic's comment first, which gave away the twist and framed the headline as clickbait, and I went along with that. But I now see it's as you say. Lesson learned. I definitely don't think that writing an intriguing headline and delivering on it with a satisfying story counts as clickbait. Clickbait is something that fails to deliver at all, not something that delivers in a way you didn’t expect.
    • danuker 5y ago
      Thanks! For what it's worth, I had upvoted you so people going through your same thoughts see the counterarguments as well.