I wouldn’t say that not going with an overlay descriptive title classifies a bait. You can always add more context but that’s what the actual article/video is for, a title is just a brief general description to catch the readers attention. Something like “Interview with Keonne Rodriguez, the founder of Samurai Wallet - a privacy focused bitcoin wallet who’s going to prison after being compelled to pleading guilty to running an unlicenced money transmitting business.” is very descriptive but doesn’t make a great title IMO. It’s like saying that “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” is a readbait because calling it “A Wizard Orphan and a Magic Rock” would give more context.
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assertnull@programming.dev 22 hours agoThe title could have given more context. I’m not saying there is anything false or misleading, but as written the title is clickbait since you have to click through to get the key facts such as “Privacy app author convicted of facilitating money laundering for Samouri Wallet”
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 15 hours ago
They’re deliberately withholding basic details of the story so that you have to click the video to get them. That’s clickbait.
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
What details are being withheld? His name, the tool’s name, the crime, the sentence? What title would be more informative?
Samurai wallet dev sentenced to 5 years Is that better? Only if you already know what samurai wallet is. Keonne Rodriguez pleads guilty to conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business? Only if you know who Keonne Rodriguez is and that conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business carries a prison sentence of up to 5 years. A privacy tool dev sentenced to 5 years for a conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business? Is this any better? I don’t think so. It still doesn’t tell you anything about the actual case. You can’t condense an hour long video into a single sentence beyond the basic premise, and trying to do so risks glossing over important details and misinforming the viewer. Also, it’s not the titles job to give you details about the story, just a basic overview of what the story is about.
Ulrich@feddit.org 12 hours ago
What details are being withheld? His name, the tool’s name, the crime, the sentence? What title would be more informative?
…yeah?
Samurai wallet dev sentenced to 5 years
Is that better? Only if you already know what samurai wallet is.
Correct again. I mean it’s infinitely better than the current one where it doesn’t matter if you do know what Samourai is. Also replace Samourai with “crypto” and baby you got a stew goin’.
You can’t condense an hour long video into a single sentence beyond the basic premise
You don’t have to. You just try to make it as information dense as possible. That’s the entire point of a title. It’s not supposed to be just a bunch of random filler words.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
I agree that OP could have post a summary with the video, but clickbait would be “He built a privacy tool, and you won’t believe what happened next” or something that doesn’t inform of the content of the video. Here it’s pretty clear, he built a privacy tool and was arrested for it, all the info is contained in the title.
Devial@discuss.online 18 hours ago
Click bait is anything that is designed to bait people into clicking a link. Virtually every headline and content title on the internet is click bait to some level.
Malicious click bait is when headlines either outright lie, or imply things that aren’t accurate to the content.
The phrasing of this title implies that the creation of a privacy tool is what the creator got arrested for, which is in fact inaccurate to the content, as the reason wasn’t creating the tool, the reason was using the tool for money laundering.
So imo it’s 100% fair to call this title malicious clickbait
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
The phrasing of this title implies that the creation of a privacy tool is what the creator got arrested for
That’s LITERALLY what happened.
No he, wasn’t accused of using it for money laundering at all, he was actually accused of “conspiracy” to money laundering, claiming that his tool facilitates it, HOWEVER, the prosecution itself knew their charges had absolute no legal basis and kept it a secret, and when defense made a motion to dismiss it was denied by the judged without even being heard and the judge gave no reason for it. In front of an openly hostile judge and a trial that has no intention of following laws, he made a deal for 5 years in prison instead of 25 that they were going to give him.
Again, he wasn’t even charged with money laundering, he was arrested for creating a tool that can be used for that. The title is telling the truth - therefore, it’s not malicious.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
That’s just an excuse, no different from “encryption enables pedophilia”
assertnull@programming.dev 20 hours ago
Totally agree. And a short summary would go a long way towards making up for the clickbait title