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two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
along with the bickering about videos
HeAthen
Nadgers.
It's not hard at all. I use the scroll wheel on my mouse.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I think people are taking the anti-video thing a bit far. In this case yes the thumbnail is over the top. But the title isn't click bait at all and the video itself is, well, just kind of fine. It had the sort of over the top delivery that is common in America but it's only 8 minutes long.
What it basically says is Republicans will carry on their voter suppression tactics, but things like suppression of post in votes could actually harm them and that Trump can't cancel elections or fundamentally change how they are run.
I pretty much agree with all that, the second point is debatable but it is not presented as a hard fact, just a possibility It doesn't really say much interesting but it's not bad really. It is part of a content mill to make money, but that's oftern going to he the case these days.
Is there a way to post links to YouTube videos as a text link only without the thumbnail? That might help I think.
What it basically says is Republicans will carry on their voter suppression tactics, but things like suppression of post in votes could actually harm them and that Trump can't cancel elections or fundamentally change how they are run.
I pretty much agree with all that, the second point is debatable but it is not presented as a hard fact, just a possibility It doesn't really say much interesting but it's not bad really. It is part of a content mill to make money, but that's oftern going to he the case these days.
Is there a way to post links to YouTube videos as a text link only without the thumbnail? That might help I think.
pesh
Well-Known Member
Thing is a lot of videos have been posted on this site for a very long time, some really important, some fucking funny, and its never been a problem till now because there was always a level of self moderation involved. Now we have 1 person acting like a spam cannon for trash content farms and the good stuff risks being lost in the sea of trash.
The Meidas Touch is releasing 15-20 videos a day and pulling in between $150,000 to $350,000 a month from this shit. it's fucking spam.
The Meidas Touch is releasing 15-20 videos a day and pulling in between $150,000 to $350,000 a month from this shit. it's fucking spam.
In the video did Trump officially announce his plans to change elections?
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
No it's more Trump rambled about election changes. But I still don't think the title counts as clickbait on its own. The thumbnail absolutely does though.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Too confusing, I think the spoiler tag idea is a good one personally.
Rompipalle
“Mad as hell & I’m not going to take this anymore”
awaits a chorus of nagging disapproval for telling someone that you plan to ignore them
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Of people want that they can just subscribe on YouTube.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
A mouse with a wheel on it? Bourgeois.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Sorry I can't see this I'm ignoring it.
breadandcircuse
"The time is always right to do what is right"
I am not a spam cannon, how dare you? I don't only post from TMT, but so what if I did? The vids I post are not trash content farms. The people I watch are relevant and experts in their field, which includes lots of lawyers, political scientists and journalists.
You sound ridiculous. Haven't you got anything better to do than post claptrap about me and videos?
HeAthen
Nadgers.
breadandcircuse has started adding a description to the videos they post as requested. I sometimes watch Meidas Touch videos, mainly I don't as I find they can ramble on a bit. But you know what? If I don't want to watch them I use the magic scroll wheel on my mouse and, well, scroll past. It's not hard or difficult and doesn't take a whole lot of time or concerted effort to do so.
If that's the main thing some people are obsessing over then they should probably address their own issues first.
Now, back on topic
If that's the main thing some people are obsessing over then they should probably address their own issues first.
Now, back on topic
His announcements in that article are truly bonkers, and while we may laugh at many of them there will be an effect on us so we really should be concerned.beeb coverage
Trump vows end to birthright citizenship and pardons for US Capitol rioters
He tells NBC he will issue "a lot" of executive orders, including on immigration, once he takes office.www.bbc.co.uk
sadly they've got vote they voted for - especially with that electoral college bollox. trouble is, the orange maggot and his zealots will seriously fux over the rest of their population and the world while implementing project2025.
HeAthen
Nadgers.
I'll have you know that I used to have a pleb to clean my mouse balls back in the day!
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Yes, pretty much everything listed there is utter bobbins. Yet in just over a month he will be president of the USA. Scary shit indeed.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
I've not watched any of breadandcircuse's videos (nor am I likely to), so I don't know whether they're good or bad. But it'd be nice if people stopped banging on about them. It's more disruptive to the thread than the videos posted. As long as they're not far right, fash cunt, etc, videos then it's really not worth the mither.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Aye. This.
breadandcircuse
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Depends if you consider his ramblings on Faux as an announcement. He has said it previously too, and it fits in with the whole Project 2025 shit.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Well, contradictory as that sounds, I'm with large parts of both of these. Threads in Politics/Current Affairs on Urban have a shared assumption that there's an argument going on, a case being made or information added. Videos can be part of that, as can news links and longer articles. Videos are fine.... provided they are part of a case/argument (and if long, with some direction as to the relevant bits). I don't see Meidas Touch as really delivering that as they are made for entirely partisan purposes, as an anti-Trump PAC and, as mentioned, to make money. I think the Tories are neoliberal scum who have enriched themselves and their mates and couldn't lie straight in bed... but I wouldn't post Labour Party videos to make that case.
But then, fuck it, anarchist website becomes grumpy old men. breadandcircuse is adding text to the videos, so all is good. Ish.
Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
Since I don't work for ICE, it'll be the same way everyone else gets to distinguish; by seeing them on a news clip wailing on about "this isn't what I voted for!" when it is precisely what they voted for so as far those sorts of ladder-pullers is concerned, I have zero sympathy. HTH, smartarse.
Rompipalle
“Mad as hell & I’m not going to take this anymore”
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Back when I first joined the politics boards the focus was on discussion, that's not to say there weren't bunfights but there were real political discussions over tactics, ideology history, etc. I really did learn quite a lot from posters like butchersapron , Louis MacNeice etc.
Increasingly P&P, and the boards as a whole, have become more of an alternative social media site, with more people using it as a sort of centre-left twitter (look at how much a prick Trump is). That strand was always there but it has become more and more prominent.
People are going to have preferences for which of those styles they prefer (very much the first for me). And it has always varied by thread and sub-forum. But I don't think it's a bad thing that P&P is more towards the first than the second, in say comparison to General etc. People providing some content to accompany links, of whatever sort is something that should be encouraged.
maomao
普費斯
It's not like quality and accessibility of sources hasn't been a constant bone of contention on Urban over the last twenty years anyway. Try linking to RT or The Canary, or indeed Twitter on some threads. And we still get the odd exchange on whether linking to The Sun or The Daily Mail is acceptable.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It sometimes feels like this whole place has lurched in an infantile tabloid direction - twee nicknames like Faux for Fox or whatever is the latest unfunny sobriquet for Trump is another example, but I think that’s just down to the wider insidious brainrot of other social media.
I miss Butchers’ - he’d have sent this new lot packing
I miss Butchers’ - he’d have sent this new lot packing
Yossarian
Get thee behind me, Santa
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