Wednesday, 9 September 2020

A Note on Clickbait.

A message to all YouTubers out there:

Any video with an introduction claiming it will make me ‘laugh out loud’, or is ‘the funniest thing’ I’ve ever seen, or even claims to be ‘absolutely hilarious’ gets passed over immediately. Got it?

Such a claim presumes to know my sense of humour, and you don’t. I consider presumption an insult and therefore very irritating. It’s also intolerably juvenile. If you want me to watch your video, don’t presume to know me. I suspect I speak for a lot of people in so saying.

End of message.

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