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Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:31 PM UTC

justin66 wrote: post #37

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

That might be a good strategy for dealing with youtube videos but it's not an equally good strategy for dealing with print media. The thing to remember about magazine or newspaper articles is that the author does not typically have any input on what the headline will be. A great article by a great author will quite often get a ridiculous headline from an editor, for all the bad reasons an editor might have: baiting t…

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Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:44 PM UTC

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

Once you read a headline it's you've already engaged with it. Maybe we could address the problem of why some media outlets keep polluting the semantic space instead of just telling consumers to change their behavior as they trudge through an ever-rising tide of information sludge.

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:46 PM UTC

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

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Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by fabatka » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:56 PM UTC

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

Is there a youtube client (or browser extension) that accepts a whitelist of channels and only shows videos from those?

This got me thinking... A browser extension deleting everything from the front page except videos from the given channels might not even be that complicated. Hm, I might end up creating a simple extension like this...

Edit: Sorry for being OT

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by CraigJPerry » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:58 PM UTC

gryfft wrote: post #18

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

I use the same rubric but go one step further and tell YouTube not to recommend any videos from that channel.

Is that possible? There's a channel i just don't want to see. Ever. I've blocked the channel but it regularly shows up in recommendations.

I actually have a todo item to see if i can't force the issue with a uBlock Origin rule.

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by tedk-42 » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 11:58 PM UTC

The funny thing is that I find this headline to be impactful regardless of it's credibility.

A self proving headline

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by the-pigeon » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 12:03 AM UTC

justin66 wrote: post #37

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

That might be a good strategy for dealing with youtube videos but it's not an equally good strategy for dealing with print media. The thing to remember about magazine or newspaper articles is that the author does not typically have any input on what the headline will be. A great article by a great author will quite often get a ridiculous headline from an editor, for all the bad reasons an editor might have: baiting t…

How is journalism such a sad joke that things like that are "normal"?

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by gsmo » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 12:09 AM UTC

Not a surprise. Though anecdotal, I've noticed an increase in the use of "blasts", "slams", and "lashes out" in U.S. news titles over the past few years.

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by genericone » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 12:14 AM UTC

the-pigeon wrote: post #47

justin66 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That might be a good strategy for dealing with youtube videos but it's not an equally good strategy for dealing with print media. The thing to remember about magazine or newspaper articles is that the author does not typically have any input on what the headline will be. A great article by a great author will quite often get a ridiculous headline from an editor, for all the bad reasons an editor might have: baiting t…

How is journalism such a sad joke that things like that are "normal"?

Each publication has always had a lowest common denominator target. The headlines are an indication of the audience. In latter days, all journalists expect their audience to be stupid.

Re: Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source

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Post by baby » Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 12:23 AM UTC

crmd wrote: post #13

The only solution is not to engage with emotionally manipulative content. Even, for example, with nerdy YouTube channels that I love, if a video shows up in my feed: * with a title $villain $unflattering_third_person_present_verb $something * with the format $hero $flattering_third_person_present_verb $something * a person in the thumbnail making an o-face[1] for any reason Then I simply don’t click on it. [1] https:…

Any strategy that requires a mental effort from people is likely not going to work at scale.