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This video passed my feed a few times already and I never really watched it until I read this HN title.

I think my brain has reached a point that it actively avoids clickbait, extravagant, dramatic titles and thumbnails. To me this HN title is much better because it says "supersonic" and now I immediately know what the video is about, as opposed to "unintuitive discovery".

Am I the only one who is expericing this behavior?

And if not, is it finally time to stop using clickbait titles and thumbnails?




Install the dearrow browser extension. It's made by the same person as sponsorblock and crowdsources titles and thumbnails on videos.




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