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

[huginn@feddit.it]

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.

[niktemadur@lemmy.world]

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

Yeah... unliked and blocked, moving on.

[jonkenator@lemmy.world]

Spoiler alert!!!

[absolutechicagodog@lemm.ee]

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

[babybus@sh.itjust.works]

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

[299792458ms@lemmy.zip]

I'm just 28, still yell at clouds though

[bitjunkie@lemmy.world]

In fairness, fuck clouds.

[masterbaexunn@lemmy.world]

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

[daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

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).

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

"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

[niktemadur@lemmy.world]

Engage once, to never engage again with that particular clickbait tripe channel.

[chefdano3@lemm.ee]

"wanna see something cool?!"
No.

[xatolos@reddthat.com]

I don't know.... Wait till the end of this one

[silasmariner@programming.dev]

Instructions unclear. Dick stuck in cumulonimbus

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

till

If they could spell the word properly, that'd be great.

[byteonbikes@slrpnk.net]

I prefer "til" myself

[byteonbikes@slrpnk.net]

I do this at work, because people gloss over details on really IMO emails that can affect them.

But I say exactly what it is.

Like in Slack, I go "Woah number 6 really said that our healthcare will now be decided by a d20". And then watch the conversation unravel.

[byteonbikes@slrpnk.net]

People are sharing content from there to other places too.

I saw that shit on LinkedIn.

[brbposting@sh.itjust.works]

You’re attacking protected commentary! How could they steal views without le reaction overlays?!

[brbposting@sh.itjust.works]