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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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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨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.

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- qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨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.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    If you don’t know what samurai wallet is then that title would be less informative. Replacing samurai with crypto can only misleading the reader into thinking that the issue was the crypto and not the privacy part. It also doesn’t tell you anything about why he’s being imprisoned, while with “He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.” it’s implied why (because he built a privacy tool).
    
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