• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Are you serious? You literally answered your own question with the very next sentence.

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      1 year ago

      What? The original argument was “Just because it exists doesn’t make it good.”, implying that it (click-bait thumbnails) doesn’t necessarily work. To which I said that the fact that it exists means it works. To which you seemed to object by saying that there may be people who have an interest in it existing - like they want it to exist despite it actually not working. I’m confused about what it is you’re saying.

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        1 year ago

        You can go and read my comment again if you’re confused. It’s pretty clear that I was saying your original argument might apply to YouTube titles, but doesn’t apply in many other parts of life.

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          1 year ago

          Since Youtube is what we were talking about, I see no reason to assume that wasn’t what you were talking about. Also, I do think that the principle can be applied in most situations, some more easily, some less.