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Showing Original Post only (View all)Anyone else sick of hyperbolic OP headlines - lots of capital letters, [View all]
Statements like this or that repub was "EMBARRASSED" or "OBLITERATED"?
This is not a poke at DUers - I am sure this is copy and paste of the actual video or article titles, format and all.
This is my exhaustion with our current hyperbolic, ineffective media and the political processes that allow the crimes to continue to happen.
I confess I no longer clock on or read them - we've seen too much of the right wing, the TFG cult, have no ability to be embarrassed, obliterated, or discredited. When I see the capital letters or over the top words, it hurts my eyes!
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Anyone else sick of hyperbolic OP headlines - lots of capital letters, [View all]
NewHendoLib
Apr 2023
OP
Thanks for clarifying. I thought you were referring to this post rather than the monosyllabic
Martin68
Apr 2023
#77
If you mean original posts with just the word THIS as the title, I don't think I've ever seen one.
ShazzieB
Apr 2023
#121
Agreed! Agreed! Agreed! I find myself going to DU less and less. I won't watch OP with unknowns.....
usaf-vet
Apr 2023
#43
Occasionally I'll click on what I think is the original material, instead it's a boring guy
betsuni
Apr 2023
#28
FWIW, the algorithms on YouTube promote the videos that have the clickbait titles
TexasTowelie
Apr 2023
#11
The algorithms promote videos with clickbait titles because they have already generated clicks
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2023
#62
Thanks, QE. I've been told to use it before and forgot. Unfortunately it is painfully slow and even
erronis
Apr 2023
#58
there is a easy solution to the all caps, just copy the all caps title and google search it
Celerity
Apr 2023
#117
Yes, prety sick. And let me add my own pet peeve: abbreviating phrases or even entire sentences.
Beastly Boy
Apr 2023
#40
Yup. Considering the state of the world and the country this is much ado about nothing.
dameatball
Apr 2023
#90
XanaDuer was pretty clear that her objection to the "This" posts was not posts
Scrivener7
Apr 2023
#101
I don't think someone expressing a dislike for clickbait amounts to us being unsupportive of
Scrivener7
Apr 2023
#102
Yeah. This is also true. It all comes down to being on the same side in the end.
dameatball
Apr 2023
#112
I avoid them like the plague. I know it's the title of the vid (usually a vid) but it's like ...
Hekate
Apr 2023
#73
Both all caps and the same old cliche hyperbole - demolished, killed, ruined - have the opposite of
Martin68
Apr 2023
#75
Nearly half of these are posts of Brian Taylor Cohen's BRILLIANT and AWESOME TAKES DOWNS
TeamProg
Apr 2023
#80
I just went through three pages of GD, and really didn't see what you are seeing to any great extent
demmiblue
Apr 2023
#83
I was so shocked when I was told that not everyone starts with the "Latest" tab.
Scrivener7
Apr 2023
#105