is it just us or does anyone else actively avoid clicking on articles or videos with titles like "10 best whatevers that will make you rich" or "top ten ways to do a thing"?
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@Felthry always. they're basically candy and often junk

@yaodema yeah i feel like that'd be most people's reaction? but i don't get why people make videos like that but it must be effective because the big content farms do it and they basically study how to manipulate people into clicking on things and i don't get it, it doesn't seem like it should be effective but it must be
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@yaodema that was long and rambly but i am basically saying it apparently works to get people to click on things and i don't get why
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@Felthry best guess I have is the rapid fire nature of it, and the knowledge that it'll take X amount of time, and maybe they can tell friends about some neat thing they heard in it

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