24 points
There is a reason clickbait images and titles are used, they work. If they didn’t work, no one would use them.
-6 points
You must think marketing is made of infallible geniuses. Just because it exists doesn’t make it good.
19 points
11 points
Nobody said “good”, but if it keeps existing, it works or at least isn’t harmful. Bit like evolution.
-6 points
Or there are people with an interest in keeping it that way.
I don’t think there’s any big conspiracy about YouTube titles, but let’s not pretend thing like wealth inequality still exist because they’re not harmful.
3 points
2 points
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