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PatSeg

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5. Good examples

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 5, 2023, 05:14 PM

Mar 2023

With all that we've survived in recent years, we certainly don't need any more emotional triggers and they are almost always guaranteed to be a huge disappointment.

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Have been clicked and baited annoyingly even from *our* side, case in point: [View all] UTUSN Mar 2023 OP

I avoid most sources that use emotional trigger words Fiendish Thingy Mar 2023 #1

Nice tip. UTUSN Mar 2023 #3

Good examples PatSeg Mar 2023 #5

They're designed to get you to click Fiendish Thingy Mar 2023 #6

Yep, major manipulation PatSeg Mar 2023 #10

LOL @ Raw Story Iggo Mar 2023 #7

good idea (but WTF Tucker!!?) deetee Apr 2023 #11

Welcome to DU! RussBLib Apr 2023 #14

I've seen that channel canetoad Mar 2023 #2

Yet, he's on "our" side, and seems to be raking in high millions bucks. UTUSN Mar 2023 #4

If he got more clicks on the other side, he'd be on the other side. Iggo Mar 2023 #8

I always skip his posts. kentuck Mar 2023 #9

Do any Youtube policies apply to this blatant "mis-representation" of monetized content? deetee Apr 2023 #12

Is irony dead? (Hypocrisy left town in the late 90s...) deetee Apr 2023 #13