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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9241918" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>A better question might be- what is this tireless (and tiresome) defense for?</p><p></p><p>Look, they are disseminating <em>false information </em>and they are using <em>bad clickbait-y titles</em>. At a certain point, you can't keep saying, "Oh, they're just doing it for the lulz, and they joke about their bad titles." Popehat has a very apt description of this, which I can't (because of forum rules) accurately convey, but I will restate as this- <em>If you repeatedly say you're kissing goats, either to troll people, or just for the kicks, you are a goatkisser. </em></p><p></p><p>Have they "broken" massive stories? You keep repeating this, but like any people that make money on the internet, at some point some person with an agenda is going to pass them information- which they know these people will broadcast for the views. <em>This doesn't make them journalists</em>. Journalists have ethics, and will do basic things like "confirm stories" and "do their own research."</p><p></p><p>So the snark (which isn't snark, it's just accurate condemnation of their "stories") is about what they are doing. As we have seen from some other started threads involving shady youtubers, anyone can post any kind of made-up stuff that they want. Is there any shred of truth to this story? Is there a single bit of evidence that any of this will happen, or that there have been discussions, or (for that matter) that anyone has done the basic financial calculations to look into this? OF COURSE NOT. This type of content simply makes the people that watch it dumber.</p><p></p><p>There are numerous reputable sources that you can use. And if RFC wants to be a reputable source, as opposed to sending out clickbait on a weekly basis, they are welcome to do it. A lot of prominent (and reputable) youtube video essayists have struggled with the conventions of youtube recently. Some have chosen to quit or take a break. Others (such as Veritasium, aka Derek Muller) have posted thoughtful video essays explaining how he makes his titles more enticing, without crossing the line into what RFC is doing.</p><p></p><p>You can either be a credible source of information, or you can be in it for the lulz and the clicks. It's pretty obvious which choice they have made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9241918, member: 7023840"] A better question might be- what is this tireless (and tiresome) defense for? Look, they are disseminating [I]false information [/I]and they are using [I]bad clickbait-y titles[/I]. At a certain point, you can't keep saying, "Oh, they're just doing it for the lulz, and they joke about their bad titles." Popehat has a very apt description of this, which I can't (because of forum rules) accurately convey, but I will restate as this- [I]If you repeatedly say you're kissing goats, either to troll people, or just for the kicks, you are a goatkisser. [/I] Have they "broken" massive stories? You keep repeating this, but like any people that make money on the internet, at some point some person with an agenda is going to pass them information- which they know these people will broadcast for the views. [I]This doesn't make them journalists[/I]. Journalists have ethics, and will do basic things like "confirm stories" and "do their own research." So the snark (which isn't snark, it's just accurate condemnation of their "stories") is about what they are doing. As we have seen from some other started threads involving shady youtubers, anyone can post any kind of made-up stuff that they want. Is there any shred of truth to this story? Is there a single bit of evidence that any of this will happen, or that there have been discussions, or (for that matter) that anyone has done the basic financial calculations to look into this? OF COURSE NOT. This type of content simply makes the people that watch it dumber. There are numerous reputable sources that you can use. And if RFC wants to be a reputable source, as opposed to sending out clickbait on a weekly basis, they are welcome to do it. A lot of prominent (and reputable) youtube video essayists have struggled with the conventions of youtube recently. Some have chosen to quit or take a break. Others (such as Veritasium, aka Derek Muller) have posted thoughtful video essays explaining how he makes his titles more enticing, without crossing the line into what RFC is doing. You can either be a credible source of information, or you can be in it for the lulz and the clicks. It's pretty obvious which choice they have made. [/QUOTE]
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