alamani

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[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

i see why they suddenly decided to destroy third party apps πŸ’€

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They soften from absorbing milk and people generally add sugar or other sweeteners. Still not the peak of breakfast cuisine, though.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

If anything it's the reverse. 'Touch grass' has become a thing for a reason.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Noted, tyvm for the info!

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, good to know.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Noted, tyvm for the info!

Edit: sorry for sending this thrice, had network issue

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Noted, ty for the info!

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I've seen so many boomer memes on lemmy, it's surreal

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Take this with a grain of salt since I'm not a framework owner (but very interested in getting one), but heads up that I consistently hear its battery life isn't the best. The modularity makes it less efficient or something, iirc.

Edit: see the replies to me for better info!

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(Adding to the other comment, last thing I swear)

I should be clear that I think MKBHD is chill, this is pretty minor, and I can't blame creators for doing it when youtube's algorithm is brutal and more and more content is fighting for our declining attention spans.

It sucks that people have to be a little baity to survive on there. I think it's fair for people to be annoyed by it anyway, but we should direct most of that negativity at the platform and extreme examples.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(Sorry for the above being sent multiple times, I had a network issue.)

You're suggesting larger changes to the title. I'm only saying 'this phone' should be replaced with 'the pixel 69' or whatever the model's name is. 'The pixel 69 is almost perfect' is short, informative (edit: by which I mean informative enough about the video's topic), more informative to anyone that hasn't seen the phone before, and draws people in: why's it almost perfect? That's worth clicking to find out, and the details aren't something you'd expect someone to cram into a general review title.

I fully agree that the title should encourage people to keep reading, but in my opinion 'basic writing' is keeping a balance between both goals of a title. The examples of clickbait I've given involve people optimising the title for attracting views while neglecting the goal of reasonably accurate description. If taken too far it could start making viewers feel patronised, and if I encounter a video with misleading clickbait I assume the rest of their videos will waste my time as well and avoid them. (Edit 3: I increasingly assume the same about vague titles from unfamiliar channels as well.)

If your thesis statement is the entirety of your argument then you are wasting everyone's time.

The last part of my previous comment was about this; maybe we're miscommunicating by using 'summarise' differently, as in 'covers every point' vs 'vague overview'? I've been saying titles should do the latter because that's what this entire conversation has been about. Nobody thinks every point of a review should be included in its title, just that the title should be reasonably descriptive about the central thesis or central question being explored. Quoting myself:

A good video doesn't just repeat different wordings of the title for 10 minutes, it goes into specifics to argue why that is.

the video would only be bad if it can't argue [the title's statement] well or has a lot of fluff between the points.

TL;DR: there's a balance to be struck between making the title descriptive and drawing clicks, and talking about full summaries as titles is a bit of a strawman.

EDIT 2: Removed some italics because they made this sound unintentionally patronising. Apologies, haha.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Another point in his favour could be the clear view of the phone in the thumbnail, considering that his target audience may recognise it by appearance. However, I still think he should've just said it in the title for everyone else, and for audience members for whom his video is their first exposure to the model.

Regarding the last section, though, I see clickbait titles less as 'it doesn't cover every nuance of the video' and more 'the title is overly reductive, genuinely misleading or pointlessly vague', unless there's artistic reasons it's that way. A review title should name the reviewed product imo; it barely increases its length and lets people decide better whether the content's worth their time without wasting any of it.

I also don't think a title summarising a video's point well makes it bad. A good video doesn't just repeat different wordings of the title for 10 minutes, it goes into specifics to argue why. I sometimes see nuanced, heavily researched video essays get a comment like 'saved you half an hour, guys! (the main point in one sentence!)' because the video didn't... have some massive plot twist, I guess? And I don't get why people would approach informational content that way. It feels anti-intellectual. Maybe those Silent Hill nurses are a work of art; the video would only be bad if it can't argue that well or has a lot of fluff between the points.

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