the amount of slop saying "wait till the end" is too damn high

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I hate the fuckheads who overlay themselves front-and-center over another video to repeatedly point at whatever they want you to observe while steadily breathing through their mouth.

It's even worse when they first point to their ear and then their eye to say, "LISHEN 'n LOOKSH, bruh.."

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because there's only a few thousand users here.

that's why it isn't commonplace; there's no money in it. slop companies make more money on tiktok, facebook and other popular platforms...

...but Lemmy is not free from abuse of this type. If the fediverse was more popular it would start to see more slop content.

that's my point. it does work here, because the same vulnerabilities exist, but isn't common because it's not as profitable as shitting in tiktok or facebook.

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True, but that third panel kinda looks like one of those videos where they make their kitty pop and lock and those are kind of adorable.

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A man took a nor

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Man was take picture of lady and wowzah did he see

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No, the same vulnerability does not exist here.

There are different vulnerabilities here, but this one isn't there.

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Usually tiktok is the most responsive feed out of all the platforms if you scroll away from some specific content asap. It will not try to push it again and again.

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It says the same thing "Don't touch that dial!" said about your generation. Which is nothing: the advertiser is admitting what follows is uninteresting.

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Your position is that Lemmy is immune to the following: company creates an account on Lemmy, spams communities with low effort content (possibly created by AI or automated processes), attracts viewers, then sells the account to another company as part of an advertising campaign. This position can be defeated if the above happens even one time. I'm refusing to debate you on this not because you're infallibly correct, but because it's not worth the investment of time. Any idiot can see it's an indefensible position. Have a day. 🫱

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It's the easiest way to get rid of me in an internet argument. It forces me to accept I will not spend more time on this crackpot.

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Old man yells at clouds

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You've got a financial incentive to have someone watch 30 seconds of video - so ofc you use all the skeeziest shit straight out of the chum bucket days of the early internet.

It's not about attention span: it's about manipulation and money.

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wAs EiNsTEiN wRoNg?
wAiT TiLL tHe EnD tO FiNd OuT!
tHe AnSWeR WiLL SHOCK YoU!

Yeah... unliked and blocked, moving on.

jonkenator

Spoiler alert!!!

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Doubly so when they do a fake laugh any time something is mildly amusing

babybus

This applies to shorts that start with "this is crazy" and "this is insane".

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I'm just 28, still yell at clouds though

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In fairness, fuck clouds.

Masterbaexunn

Does blocking count as engagement? It would absolutely not surprise me if it does.

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Watch this list, number 6 will surprise you!!!

Doctors finds that the new food that is causing cancer to everyone who eats is... (Article title cuts here, answer is nowhere to be found in the article title, introduction or conclusion).

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"I took a picture of myself making a crazy face and pointing at an object! Will this be the engagement trap I hope it is?!"

Betteridge's law