JUST GET TO THE DAMN POINT ALREDY! ... a rant

I am so sick of these "stansberry" type marketing videos ... you know the ones "click here to see the only way you're family will survive the coming Apocalypse!" ... or financial meltdown ... or how to cheat the power company ... or learn the "one thing" that "they" don't want you to know ... etc.

Then after you've already clicked on the stupid video they spend 10 minutes trying to convince you how important the video is and how badly you need to watch it ... Jeebus I'm already watching it ... JUST GET ON WITH IT!

Then they spend 15 minutes telling you "a little bit about myself" to convince you that they're worth listening to. They run through all the predictions they've made over the years that came true (that you never heard of) and how many high paying jobs they've had and what not ... only the don't often tell you their fucking name.

Then they spend 2-3 minutes laying out the actual subject of the video (usually in the vaguest terms possible and its never as important or interesting as promised).

Then there's 10-15 more minutes trying to convince you that they haven't actually told you everything and you need to order their seminar or books or silver coins or whatever.

Then if you close the damn video a javascript pops up a page saying "are you sure you want to let your family suffer and die because you're too lazy to watch my video?"

Fucking assholes.

Anyway there needs to be a term for these kinds of videos (and a special room in hell for those that create them).

Just clickbait. They make money. They wouldn't do it if it didn't work. [Dunno]

And yes, I think we're all sick of them.




Not enough angry faces and (@^#$^(&. No pictures of clock bombs. No link to the actual content on which the rant is based. 6/10.

Obama-grams?

as honeybadger said, they're called "clickbait"

"when she saw this in her salad, she was amazed....!"

"thug points gun at grandma. her reaction was not what you think...."

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Just clickbait. They make money. They wouldn't do it if it didn't work. [Dunno]

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I don't see how they work to make money though ... unless the idea is that the irritating aspects of them weed out people smart enough not to fall for the sales pitch. Even then I fail to see how they make money.

Oh and thanks for the 6/10 ... I think you're being a little generous since there wasn't enough F-bombs.

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Originally Posted by Zundfolge

I don't see how they work to make money though ... unless the idea is that the irritating aspects of them weed out people smart enough not to fall for the sales pitch. Even then I fail to see how they make money.

Oh and thanks for the 6/10 ... I think you're being a little generous since there wasn't enough F-bombs.

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Like I said... They wouldn't do it if it didn't work. [Dunno]

And I'm okay with the 6/10. I'm not a fan of F-bombs.

Would have been a 7/10 if you blamed it on the pope.


Edit: Now it's a 6.61 for having eventually sort of blamed the pope after some prompting.

You're the last person I would expect would even click on those videos. What gives?

Someone clicks on crap like that?

I call them garbage ads, nothing but trash content designed to get people to click on more advertising. I hate them. The owner of Glock Talk bought into the garbage ad business, really screwed the pooch for the forums. Maybe he makes $ from it, but without my continued participation.

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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

Someone clicks on crap like that?

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