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Comment by ChrisRR | Hacker News Reader

It's a shame but a necessary evil. I have seen multiple electronics/retro gaming channels messing about with titles and thumbnails to test what attracts the most views.

The general consensus seems to be they wish they didn't have to, but you've got to earn a living somehow

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You gotta earn a living somehow, but you don’t gotta do it by making retro computing content with misleading titles.

It goes both ways, I gotta avoid clicking on anything that looks like it might be clickbait, dislike anything that fools me. My time is more valuable than the penny they get from the ad view.

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And flagged this for it. No tolerance for this kind of crap, the guidelines are clear, the original title being false or misleading is when you shouldn't use the original title. The author took a calculated risk. Without the clickbait, some would never have seen it. With the clickbait, others such as myself will resent them for it. I hope for his sake he made the right choice.

What it is is a sure-fire way to guarantee I go out of my way to never watch another video from anyone that pulls a stunt like this.

> you've got to earn a living somehow

That's one reason why I will likely never become a parent. I don't want to inflict on anyone the need to somehow earn a living in a world of too many other people trying to do the same.

Alternately, you could make enough money that you are able to bequeath upon your ilk sufficient money to not need to worry about it too much.

Though if you're doing this, highly recommend not letting them realize you're fairly well-off until they're old enough to know the value of a buck/peso/ruble/euro.

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