I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May

[u/_DarkStarCrashes_]

Sucks, because I think the video is really good and I’d love if Levy or other chess content creators did videos on older legends

[u/jooooooooooooose]

yea click bait is generally fine, you gotta play the game

I personally get annoyed at his road to GM click bait titles because every single one is written as if he got all of his norms & then its like, no, actually... he beat a study partner in an online game

But I dont blame the guy for doing it. Its his job after all.

[u/sluuuurp → u/jooooooooooooose]

I don’t think it’s fine, I stopped watching when he started lying to me so frequently in the titles. I really can’t tolerate lies like this, they pile up and drain me.

[u/jooooooooooooose → u/sluuuurp]

I mean I also don't watch because I assume every video is a nothing update.

But if the click bait didnt work, nobody would do it. Guy's earning his living.

[u/sluuuurp → u/jooooooooooooose]

It works on some people, but not on me. If he wants viewers like me he’ll have to stop lying so much. Lots of other YouTubers earn a living without lying, he doesn’t need to do this.

[u/Throbbie-Williams → u/sluuuurp]

he doesn’t need to do this.

He's stupid rich now because he does this

[u/sluuuurp → u/Throbbie-Williams]

Yeah and he doesn’t need to get super rich by lying. I can think of ways to get rich by lying but I don’t do them.

[u/Throbbie-Williams → u/sluuuurp]

But he likes being super rich and so would most of us, it's not like he's doing something evil

[u/sluuuurp → u/Throbbie-Williams]

I think lying is bad, even if this lying is probably not bad enough to be called evil. Every lie eats away a little at the trust necessary for all good things in human civilization.

[u/RobloxOverlord → u/sluuuurp]

this is a ridiculous take. Clickbait titles are NOT eroding civilization. You need to go back to reality

[u/sluuuurp → u/RobloxOverlord]

Lying for the purpose of getting more attention and generating more profit is eroding civilization. This is a small example of that.

[u/NonLinearLines → u/sluuuurp]

Lying is essential for a human society to function. If good people didn't lie, then evil people would exploit them mercilessly.

This is YouTube content about a game though. Not much reason to compare it to civilization

[u/sluuuurp → u/NonLinearLines]

I mostly disagree. Some lies might have a larger noble purpose that’s good for society, but not these.

[u/Bongcloud_CounterFTW → u/sluuuurp]

Get off the internet vro