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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:16 PM Oct 2017

Do you like threads that only contain links and no content?




13 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Yes - Just give me a link to click on
0 (0%)
No - I want some idea where I'm going to end up
10 (77%)
I don't give a hoot
3 (23%)
Other - Do tell
0 (0%)
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Do you like threads that only contain links and no content? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 OP
I like both. FM123 Oct 2017 #1
Posts that are nothing more than links to twitter should be auto deleted. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #2
+1000000000000 Lochloosa Oct 2017 #3
daily dose of fake news, rumours, outright lies and phoney news sources nt msongs Oct 2017 #5
Yes! cwydro Oct 2017 #15
No I don't like them. I have posted ghostsinthemachine Oct 2017 #4
i like both.... but if its a link to WAPO then i cant read it because.... samnsara Oct 2017 #6
Use Google Chrome bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #14
If I said what I fantasize about doing to those who post links with no comment, especially facebook hlthe2b Oct 2017 #7
... dawg Oct 2017 #8
I just assume that they're all Rick-rolls petronius Oct 2017 #9
I want to say hell NO. LiberalFighter Oct 2017 #10
Depends on what they are n/t Lucinda Oct 2017 #11
Turn on the TV! hunter Oct 2017 #12
Good for your mental health, no doubt. cwydro Oct 2017 #17
OK for LBN, not so much in GD. MGKrebs Oct 2017 #13
I don't like threads that just have a poll. moda253 Oct 2017 #16
+1 bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #19
I don't mind, but I don't like short urls, I like to know what source am clicking on. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #18
I'm the same way LeftInTX Oct 2017 #20
I suspect they're 'click bait' left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #21
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
2. Posts that are nothing more than links to twitter should be auto deleted.
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:18 PM
Oct 2017

If I wanted to look at dumb ass tweets, I would join twitter.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
4. No I don't like them. I have posted
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:21 PM
Oct 2017

Them myself, however. Sometimes on phones, you have to open, copy link, paste, go back copy text,paste it is tough.

samnsara

(17,604 posts)
6. i like both.... but if its a link to WAPO then i cant read it because....
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:33 PM
Oct 2017

...I'm not s subscriber and the page...which has the headline that reads something like: Democracy Dies in Darkness....and that's about all I have time to read when the WAPO page fades to darkness.

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
14. Use Google Chrome
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 04:25 PM
Oct 2017

and go into incognito mode - You'll be able to read all of WaPo's content if you follow those directions. lol

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
7. If I said what I fantasize about doing to those who post links with no comment, especially facebook
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:37 PM
Oct 2017

links...

well, I'll just say it involves boiling oil.

















(hey, maybe to cook lunch, who knows....

petronius

(26,596 posts)
9. I just assume that they're all Rick-rolls
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:41 PM
Oct 2017

But then I'm disappointed when I click, because I kinda like that song...

hunter

(38,302 posts)
12. Turn on the TV!
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 04:11 PM
Oct 2017

When I turn on the TV I get a message that there's no signal and then the TV politely turns itself off.

My TV plays movies. That's all it does. No broadcast, no cable, no satellite...

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
13. OK for LBN, not so much in GD.
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 04:24 PM
Oct 2017

What I really don't like though is 14 threads about the same subject. Post your thought in an existing thread! It's a conversation!
Everybody wants to be on the index page though.

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