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Is anyone else burned out of these headlines? Doing X for fun and profit Everything we knew about X is wrong I did X for $timespan and Y happened

ziddoap 2y ago
Title it in any other format and people will say it is clickbait.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
  Though, of course, it's all clickbait because that's the whole point. But there's something enlightening I read in the leaked MrBeast on-boarding PDF (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549649) when it talks about the viewer drop-off at the start of the video there's a mention about not "match[ing] the expectations of the clickbait". (It is easy to find because there's only one instance of "clickbait" in the document.) I wonder about the practical reason this occurs but I suspect the reality for a given individual could range from being an impatient reader to encountering a poorly-written article. I also wonder how the perception would differ (not trying to start a debate, just noting a thought) if the title here included the "Why" from the title there since, at least in this case, the article does a decent job of answering the question: they don't want to appear as spies.
- digging 2y ago
  But this title is clickbait. It's a lie. It could have been "How real spies were nothing like movie spies."
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    Yes, yes. I've counted about 15 different submissions today alone that have someone complaining about the title being clickbait. Your complaint makes 16. It's always clickbait. If the title was your suggestion, someone else would say it's clickbait because spies are somewhat like the movies.
    - digging 2y ago
      Good point, although I wasn't the first to complain on this submission so I don't think I contributed to your count.
airstrike 2y ago
don't forget "We need to talk about X"
- c0balt 2y ago
  And N misconceptions about X, You've been lied to about X, N things you didn't know about X,...
- marcellus23 2y ago
  X is Y — and here's why that's a good thing
stonethrowaway 2y ago
Our greatest shitpost yet.
digging 2y ago
I'm quite peeved because this article contained almost no new information for me. This is the basic stuff you learn about spies if you have literally any interest in historical spying, plus some trivia about how to make invisible ink. I regret my click.

ziddoap 2y ago

Title it in any other format and people will say it is clickbait.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
Though, of course, it's all clickbait because that's the whole point. But there's something enlightening I read in the leaked MrBeast on-boarding PDF (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41549649) when it talks about the viewer drop-off at the start of the video there's a mention about not "match[ing] the expectations of the clickbait". (It is easy to find because there's only one instance of "clickbait" in the document.) I wonder about the practical reason this occurs but I suspect the reality for a given individual could range from being an impatient reader to encountering a poorly-written article. I also wonder how the perception would differ (not trying to start a debate, just noting a thought) if the title here included the "Why" from the title there since, at least in this case, the article does a decent job of answering the question: they don't want to appear as spies.
digging 2y ago
But this title is clickbait. It's a lie. It could have been "How real spies were nothing like movie spies."
- ziddoap 2y ago
  Yes, yes. I've counted about 15 different submissions today alone that have someone complaining about the title being clickbait. Your complaint makes 16. It's always clickbait. If the title was your suggestion, someone else would say it's clickbait because spies are somewhat like the movies.
  - digging 2y ago
    Good point, although I wasn't the first to complain on this submission so I don't think I contributed to your count.

airstrike 2y ago

don't forget "We need to talk about X"

c0balt 2y ago
And N misconceptions about X, You've been lied to about X, N things you didn't know about X,...
marcellus23 2y ago
X is Y — and here's why that's a good thing

stonethrowaway 2y ago

Our greatest shitpost yet.

digging 2y ago

I'm quite peeved because this article contained almost no new information for me. This is the basic stuff you learn about spies if you have literally any interest in historical spying, plus some trivia about how to make invisible ink. I regret my click.