cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23555611
I did X and this happened!
Also, if the title of a news article is in the form of a question I just mutter to myseld “no” and keep scrolling without even readin it.
the amount of slop saying "wait till the end" is too damn high
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Betteridge’s law of headlines supports you.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Which then becomes a way to influence opinion.
Can Obama Really Reform Healthcare?
Is Trump’s Infrastructure Week Here?
Can Biden Make EVs Work?
The answer should be Fuck You, I’ll go read a different source on this topic.
glimse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
THIS GUY JUST…
Tell me who “this guy” is. You have their username. Don’t anonymize them.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
SoUNd oN
Not clicking that either
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 weeks ago
Always some annoying bullshit at the end
schwim@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I appreciate the warning as it readily admits the majority of the content is boring enough to make you want to scroll away.
gndagreborn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I LOVE engagement farming. I LOVE generating all that revenue and data to be mined for my precious share holders who I owe my LIFE to.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If it’s interesting I’ll watch until the end. It’s that simple. If you feel the need to tell me how to get through a 30-second video I’m going to assume it’s not worth my time and that’s the only way you can get me to stick around.
lukewarm_ozone@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Have you considered just not watching shortform video like tiktoks and youtube shorts?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yup! That’s in fact what I myself don’t do.
I cross posted this post from another to MildlyInfuriating because it’s the kind of content this community is for. Not because I myself was soliciting advice.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve never even heard that line in anything I watch. If I see thumbnail faces, I instantly block the whole channel.
Hupf@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
“watch until the end”
Yeah, that’s how videos work.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Nah, I like to close my eyes at the penultimate second of any video I would otherwise have watched to the end. Just to be difficult.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Longer engagement times on videos are rewarded with higher priority in the Feed and more advertising revenues.
These videos are responding to the economic incentives created by the social media industry. Nothing you - personally - do will change this because you - personally aren’t the target audience.
scops@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Is this some New Social Media platform problem I’m too elder millenial to understand?
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s like the TikTok equivalent of YouTube clickbait titles and thumbnails. I don’t even use TikTok, but I can hear the stilted AI lady voiceover saying, “Wait Until The End. You Won’t Believe The Transformation.”
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
till
If they could please just spell the word correctly, that’d be great.
Odo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Till” and “until” are separate words despite having the same meaning. This meaning of “till” is actually the older word.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
But no, you don’t understand, LaNgUaGeS cHaNgE oVeR tImE
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 weeks ago
Start ending videos with “wait til the beginning of the next video!”
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tell me to subscribe is a great way to make me deliberately not subscribe.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just as bad are videos that end before the reason you are watching. Like someone cleaning up some mess and they don’t show the finished result.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like if you watched to the end and you will have seven years of good luck.
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Even worse is captions saying what happens. Like it’ll be a video of a baby trying to sit on a chair and missing and falling…and the caption will say “bro missed his chair”.
Why does a 7 second video need spoilers?
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s up there with the overlay of the “creator” pointing at the spoiler text, needlessly obscuring the actual content.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s the attention span shrinking as time goes by.
I have a brilliant idea actually; a video sharing site with a maximum video length of one second. “How much can you fit in a second? Find out for only $10/month”
glimse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That just made me miss Vine and early Twitter… Attention span be damned, there’s an art to crafting a good joke with a length constraint that I don’t see much on the internet anymore
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bill Gates, Zuccerberg and Elon Musk wants to know your address.
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s six times better than vine!
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The worst is people verbally explaining what you’re seeing like a fucking documentary. It’s extra bad because they stole the video they’re narrating.
Even better is a split screen video where the bottom half is someone playing Minecraft or some really simple platform game.
I really hate this version of the internet.
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’ve never seen those in any of my feeds, thankfully. Probably because I tend to watch longer videos and…“original” videos (no overlayed people or other stuff)
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Or reaction videos where they cut to a guy rolling their eyes or looking bothered. Thanks for that hilarious cutaway.