Rant for the day: Clickbait Titles

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janice&fred

·Jan 8, 2021

I mean come on...how tough is it to type out a clue to what the thread might be about?

"Can someone please help???"

"Please help me decide!!!"

"Is this the one?"

I thought WUS had the market cornered for this crap.

 

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Darlinboy

·Jan 8, 2021

Have to agree... some are even more egregious than others even going so far as to put “clickbait” in the title!!! 🤬

https://omegaforums.net/threads/rant-for-the-day-clickbait-titles.125088/

 

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cvalue13

·Jan 8, 2021

“Fed slashing mortgage rates!”

 

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cvalue13

·Jan 8, 2021

PS: a close second in terms of clickbate-like irritation is when members only vaguely suggest their wives are in adult films, but leave us to go do all the google searching

 

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Dor_42

·Jan 8, 2021

If they would know what to write in the title (model and reference) they won’t not need to open the thread in the first place 😉

 

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Foo2rama

·Jan 8, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

48k NOS Seiko!!!!

 

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pdxleaf

·Jan 8, 2021·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

janice&fred

I mean come on...how tough is it to type out a clue to what the thread might be about?

"Can someone please help???"

"Please help me decide!!!"

"Is this the one?"

I thought WUS had the market cornered for this crap.

I would LIKE this post but I am afraid of being passively aggressive towards janice&fred. 😉

 

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kov

·Jan 8, 2021

The good thing is that you don’t have to read them all...

/ignore = more time for others threads 👍

 

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Dsloan

·Jan 8, 2021

You should have titled this thread: "Top 5 Problems With Clickbait Titles. Number 4 Will Surprise You"

 

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Gav1967

·Jan 8, 2021

Yep clickbait title and then they wonder why the responses to the thread are abrupt, terse and irritable

 

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wsfarrell

·Jan 8, 2021

Speaking of clickbait, this "tire" ad actually appeared in my facebook feed a year ago, when I was car-shopping on the web.

 

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Foo2rama

·Jan 8, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

wsfarrell

Speaking of clickbait, this "tire" ad actually appeared in my facebook feed a year ago, when I was car-shopping on the web.

Idk looks over inflated.

 

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Dan S

·Jan 8, 2021

Dsloan

You should have titled this thread: "Top 5 Problems With Clickbait Titles. Number 4 Will Surprise You"

Or "These 10 click-bait threads from 2015 will shock you."

 

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blueteg

·Jan 8, 2021

Foo2rama

Idk looks over inflated.

You sure those aren't just Run-Flats?

 

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cvalue13

·Jan 8, 2021

wsfarrell

Speaking of clickbait, this "tire" ad actually appeared in my facebook feed a year ago, when I was car-shopping on the web.

“And not only did I keep a copy, I know right where to find it”

😎

 

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arturo7

·Jan 8, 2021

Dsloan

You should have titled this thread: "Top 5 Problems With Clickbait Titles. Number 4 Will Surprise You"

OK, that's funny.

 

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Emeister

·Jan 8, 2021

Dsloan

You should have titled this thread: "Top 5 Problems With Clickbait Titles. Number 4 Will Surprise You"

👍
"Remember newbie posts from December 2020? Your jaw will drop when you see what they look like in January 2021."

 

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asrnj77

·Jan 10, 2021

Funny, the biggest click-bait titles for me are “admin-please delete this thread” 😎

 

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ZIELSZIEK

·Jan 10, 2021

Emeister

👍
"Remember newbie posts from December 2020? Your jaw will drop when you see what they look like in January 2021."

Your jaw will drop indeed...I remember my first post here being the classic newb asking what cheap Omega can he get..... The irony of it is I remember Fred answering... Times surely were different 😁

 

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Rman

·Jan 10, 2021

janice&fred

I mean come on...how tough is it to type out a clue to what the thread might be about?

"Can someone please help???"

"Please help me decide!!!"

"Is this the one?"

I thought WUS had the market cornered for this crap.

These are the opposite of clickbait and are unopened for ethical reasons. What’s the opposite of clickbait, dumbchum?