Jason wrote: *Finally watched the video. Nothing too surprising in there but quite pragmatic. I think those who were immediately turned off by the "click bait" title are (understandably) reactionary towards this and missed the actual intention of the title: it's simply a quote of the question he apparently gets asked a lot. *
I don't think anybody here missed the intention of the title, especially since the OP says right up front that the video is "less provocative." And that is not the quote. The quote is "What I get asked is, is this bike better than this one." He decides to use as an example two bikes he owns, a Rivendell Sam Hillborne and a Crust Bombora. The title is Rivendell vs Crust! Which Is Better? The intention of the title is to get people to watch the video. Which is what a good title is supposed to do. What puts it kind of in the clickbait realm is, the video is not about one bike company vs another bike company. Also, he does not answer even the specific question of which of these two models is "better." So it's mildly deceptive and it doesn't deliver the answer to the question it poses, the definition of clickbait. Certainly, most people who subscribe to the channel or know these bike companies know that any title with versus in it is not going to deliver, especially when the question is which is better. It's all kind of silly, right? But we still like the idea that somebody is going to come down on one side or the other, just so we can totally agree. Or totally disagree. It fulfills the same role as gossip. And It doesn't matter. Just like this thread doesn't matter. It's cheap, harmless fun during a cold & snowy mid-winter snap (at least here in the Northeast). Although he did not make any declarations, it does seem as though he goes for the Hillborne more these days. So I'm going with Rivendell FTW by decision. And after watching the thing, I confirmed my initial opinion that I wasn't interested. But since I didn't fall for the initial clickbait, I'm really not the target audience anyway. I admire him for eking out a place in the online bicycle space, it's crowded out there. It's 19 degrees F in Beacon right now, supposed to get down to 12 by morning. *Path Less Pedaled* = The Traveling Wilburys <https://youtu.be/UMVjToYOjbM> On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 2:18:52 PM UTC-5 Jason Fuller wrote: > Finally watched the video. Nothing too surprising in there but quite > pragmatic. I think those who were immediately turned off by the "click > bait" title are (understandably) reactionary towards this and missed the > actual intention of the title: it's simply a quote of the question he > apparently gets asked a lot. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/00c6d983-34c8-449d-9baa-c69ad0b3899en%40googlegroups.com.
