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edhopper

(36,409 posts) Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:29 AM Jul 16

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Please state when your post is only a Youtube video in the title

Saves me the time from clicking on it.

Thank you.

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Please state when your post is only a Youtube video in the title (Original Post) edhopper Jul 16 OP

Same with posts from Xhitter links Captain Zero Jul 16 #1

Your "Account Settings" are your friends. sinkingfeeling Jul 16 #4

I see a red square 🟥 at the end of the title if a topic has a YT link in it LonePirate Jul 16 #2

Thanks! edhopper Jul 16 #5

But ofttimes articles that have a lot of text and are not simply a 'YT/X/BS-only' OPs also do contain social media links Celerity Jul 16 #19

What is YT? Amaryllis Jul 16 #8

YouTube live love laugh Jul 16 #9

Some posters have the courtesy to post a summary. Others just post clickbait crap, no summary because it is crap. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 16 #12

posting a video with no summary or commentary on it just means I block the user when I come across those. Blue_Adept Jul 16 #25

I don't think blocking the user will stop their posts from coming up on the front page, thesquanderer Jul 16 #29

hey. i was just going to say that .!!!!! AllaN01Bear Jul 16 #21

That's for paid subscribers only luxmatic Jul 16 #22

I did not know that. I agree this should be available to all users. LonePirate Jul 16 #24

But some of us will also post what the video is about JI7 Jul 16 #23

Turn on "Show video indicator" in your account settings Zorro Jul 16 #3

Learn something new every day! calimary Jul 16 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author catrose Jul 16 #6

markers DoBW Jul 16 #7

Yes! This should be a rule SCantiGOP Jul 16 #10

Oddly, this is at least the 3rd recent request for this. flvegan Jul 16 #11

Yes edhopper Jul 16 #16

That's what the red square next to the title means Fiendish Thingy Jul 16 #13

Plzkthx SSJVegeta Jul 16 #14

And please don't repeat your post in the title and again in the body of the post. OMGWTF Jul 16 #17

I see what you did there edhopper Jul 16 #18

Very good! I agree. Cirsium Jul 16 #26

I love the ones where someone posts a thought in the title, then in the body of the post, they write Emrys Jul 16 #32

Ditto for ANY POST THAT IS A VIDEO AverageOldGuy Jul 16 #20

This. obnoxiousdrunk Jul 16 #27

Nope. tulipsandroses Jul 16 #28

I assume that any video posted without a synopsis... mike_c Jul 16 #30

Exactly edhopper Jul 16 #31

Captain Zero

(8,180 posts)

1. Same with posts from Xhitter links

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:32 AM

Jul 16

I don't care.

sinkingfeeling

(56,001 posts)

4. Your "Account Settings" are your friends.

Reply to Captain Zero (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:45 AM

Jul 16

LonePirate

(14,158 posts)

2. I see a red square 🟥 at the end of the title if a topic has a YT link in it

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:33 AM

Jul 16

edhopper

(36,409 posts)

5. Thanks!

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:57 AM

Jul 16

I did not know that.
You have saved me a load of time.

Celerity

(51,143 posts)

19. But ofttimes articles that have a lot of text and are not simply a 'YT/X/BS-only' OPs also do contain social media links

Reply to edhopper (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:03 AM

Jul 16

I am quite meticulous with my OPs and try to include the articles' pics and social media parts along with the actual text parts.

Amaryllis

(10,596 posts)

8. What is YT?

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:19 AM

Jul 16

live love laugh

(15,687 posts)

9. YouTube

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:22 AM

Jul 16

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,295 posts)

12. Some posters have the courtesy to post a summary. Others just post clickbait crap, no summary because it is crap. nt

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:28 AM

Jul 16

Blue_Adept

(6,466 posts)

25. posting a video with no summary or commentary on it just means I block the user when I come across those.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #12)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:59 AM

Jul 16

Just annoying. Forums aren't twitter.

thesquanderer

(12,694 posts)

29. I don't think blocking the user will stop their posts from coming up on the front page,

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #25)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 01:56 PM

Jul 16

which is where people are probably inadvertently clicking on them.

AllaN01Bear

(26,685 posts)

21. hey. i was just going to say that .!!!!!

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:41 AM

Jul 16

if there is a twitter /x vid the square is blue .

luxmatic

(44 posts)

22. That's for paid subscribers only

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:46 AM

Jul 16

A weird quality of life setting to lock behind a paywall but I get it.

LonePirate

(14,158 posts)

24. I did not know that. I agree this should be available to all users.

Reply to luxmatic (Reply #22)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:58 AM

Jul 16

JI7

(92,363 posts)

23. But some of us will also post what the video is about

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:47 AM

Jul 16

not just the video itself .

Zorro

(17,718 posts)

3. Turn on "Show video indicator" in your account settings

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:35 AM

Jul 16

calimary

(87,189 posts)

15. Learn something new every day!

Reply to Zorro (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:36 AM

Jul 16

Sometimes it’s more than just one new thing.

Response to edhopper (Original post)

catrose This message was self-deleted by its author.

DoBW

(2,651 posts)

7. markers

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:13 AM

Jul 16

the colored squares are brilliant

SCantiGOP

(14,556 posts)

10. Yes! This should be a rule

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:23 AM

Jul 16

I ignore video posts (unless it is an important issue from a MSM source) and I generally skip anything with CAPITALS and !!!!!!.

Example: Trump TOTALLY DESTROYED by BRILLIANT YouTube Analysis!!!
Translation: Some random person is going to drone on for 20-30 minutes about what he read on the Internet yesterday before summing it up with a 20 second video clip.

flvegan

(65,153 posts)

11. Oddly, this is at least the 3rd recent request for this.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:27 AM

Jul 16

It's almost like they're either not paying attention or simply don't care.

Your campaign has my utmost support however.

edhopper

(36,409 posts)

16. Yes

Reply to flvegan (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jul 16

this peeve is a pet of mine.

Fiendish Thingy

(20,203 posts)

13. That's what the red square next to the title means

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:32 AM

Jul 16

My preference would be to ban videos from General Discussion, only allow them in Cable News Clips and Liberal You Tubers and other specific sub forums, but that’s never going to happen, so I just look for the red square and scroll on by.

I have put several users who *only* post videos on ignore, and that has helped declutter the clickbait from my “latest” post feed.

SSJVegeta

(1,190 posts)

14. Plzkthx

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:32 AM

Jul 16

OMGWTF

(4,859 posts)

17. And please don't repeat your post in the title and again in the body of the post.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:55 AM

Jul 16

And please don't repeat your post in the title and again in the body of the post.

It's annoying AF. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

edhopper

(36,409 posts)

18. I see what you did there

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:02 AM

Jul 16

I see what you did there.

Cirsium

(2,758 posts)

26. Very good! I agree.

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:04 PM

Jul 16

Very good! I agree.

Emrys

(8,680 posts)

32. I love the ones where someone posts a thought in the title, then in the body of the post, they write

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 05:48 PM

Jul 16

n/t

AverageOldGuy

(2,783 posts)

20. Ditto for ANY POST THAT IS A VIDEO

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 11:30 AM

Jul 16

Even if the poster attaches a sentence or two telling what the video is about.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to listen to some online "influencer" ramble on for 15 minutes about his/her favorite topic. When I click on a DU comment that turns out to be a video, I drop it and move on.

obnoxiousdrunk

(3,083 posts)

27. This.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:04 PM

Jul 16

tulipsandroses

(7,770 posts)

28. Nope.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:16 PM

Jul 16

I'm repeating it in the body as well. Nope.

mike_c

(36,652 posts)

30. I assume that any video posted without a synopsis...

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 03:53 PM

Jul 16

...wasn't even worth the poster's time, so it certainly isn't worth mine.

edhopper

(36,409 posts)

31. Exactly

Reply to mike_c (Reply #30)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 03:57 PM

Jul 16

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