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> 4) Removing the headlines of link previews makes you click it before forming an opinion. IMHO headlines are harmful. This doesn't make any sense. If I click
by nkozyra 3y ago
> 4) Removing the headlines of link previews makes you click it before forming an opinion. IMHO headlines are harmful.
This doesn't make any sense. If I click it, I see the headline. Why is the context of a picture any better than the context of a headline + picture?
Musk was transparent about this - he only cared about the aesthetics.
- mrtksn 3y agoYou already made an effort to open the article, you might end up check out what it is all about. It might be about aesthetics but IMHO has an effect of actually displaying the articles. Musk can't plan for everything.
- nkozyra 3y ago> You already made an effort to open the article, you might end up check out what it is all about. No, I'm never, ever clicking on a blind link of an image. Might as well give a hint what I'm clicking.
- mrtksn 3y agoI click. How else I'm supposed to know what's this all about? When there were headlines, I "knew" without clicking anything.
- nkozyra 3y agoI doubt you're clicking every blind link image. Who has that kind of time? Consider this on any other site. Consider HackerNews where there's no headline and just a random image: it makes no sense. I think you're just giving Musk a lot of passes.
- mrtksn 3y agoI click all the times when the discussion seems interesting or I would like to know why that person says what he/she says. HN without headlines are Image boards like 4Chan, I guess. Those boards are very engaging and people commenting tend to to have an idea about the stuff they post about - albeit in 4Chan's case a lot of the times can be toxic. Despite the notoriety of the communities of these website, the format seems to have some benefits.
- nkozyra 3y ago> HN without headlines are Image boards like 4Chan, I guess Even image boards have a space with text to explain what's happening, what you're clicking on. Again: sell me on how less context is better than more.
- mrtksn 3y ago>Again: sell me on how less context is better than more. When the context is not enough, you well seek to expand it. The problem with headlines is that they wrongly give you the impression of having enough context.
- nkozyra 3y ago"if we show less information maybe people will be curious and click (and get the same information)" isn't passing a logic smell test. I think the ulterior motive was to reduce clicking away.