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

[HoneyBadger]

No, I don't click on them now ... but I find them in my inbox all the time (sometimes from sources that should frankly know better ... damn Pope!)

Upgraded original score above.

[sroz]

Sounds like you watched the whole thing. That deserves a rant score of wait let me see.........Zero

[ray1970]

Reminds me of the time my wife wanted me to watch a video to help her figure out how to do one of her craft things. It was an eight minute long video to explain something simple. The first seven and a half minutes were some lady explaining what she was about to demonstrate. The last thirty seconds was the actual demonstration. Needless to say, I fast forwarded through her bull and got straight to the actual instruction part.

[TEAMRICO]

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[Irving]

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You can avoid those articles just by doing this one simple trick!

[Justin]

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.

That's exactly the purpose of those videos. Think of those videos like a salesman who's going through a list and doing cold calls. The people who slam the door in his face, or tell him to leave in the first two minutes aren't going to buy, but the people who sit through the whole sales pitch are much more likely to bite.