• Eruannster@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Because this gets them views. We’ve been down this road before. Nobody at Linus likes these clickbaity titles they have to use for videos, but this is what people click and watch, which is what generates them money.

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      11 months ago

      It gets them views and it also gets them flak from people who are annoyed with it.

      Their quest for views doesn’t absolve them from criticism of hyperbolic clickbait titles.