The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great....
A few weeks ago they did a video about mech keyboards, without the face or clickbait title, and it was performing much worse after 3 days than even the daily video. The difference was in the hundreds of thousands of views.
Even now, it is one of the worst in terms of views from the past month (excluding the last 3 days, which will probably increase in views still) with 1.1M views, against the 2nd lowest which has 1.2M views, but it is a video about Mac gaming, and that isn't a particularly performing topic.
I love LTT. It's entertaining, and he shows cool stuff. And you can even learn a thing or two.
And I am gonna be even more unpopular than you.
I find Steve from GN to be boring as fuck to watch regularly (though I watch him when I want to see a specific review, like I do with other channels, his content is very good in terms of information), and he resorts to clickbait regularly, even if a different kind of clickbait (that waste of sand thumbnail, if it was LTT, would be criticized forever).
And more, even if you want to buy something instead of watching for entertainment, you shouldn't rely on 1 single review anyway, so pretending GN is the be-all-end-all for tech reviews is ridiculous.
Just learned about it last week here on Kbin, because of the Reddit blackout.
I've been feeding a lot of sources to my RSS programs, and just found out a lot of sites either hide or don't have RSS, so that project was enticing.
So I contributed with 4 sources to help it grow ahahah
Knowing that most Nintendo games don't really have options to tweak the game like not even being able to turn the music off, so what options would you like to see weather it's basic thing that basically most pc games have, a easier mode or some accessibility options....
I think it would be great if all games had full language options, changeable at any time during gameplay, without having to create a user in a different language or start a new save.
U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, calling it the largest-ever international investment in the country.
With no communication from the company, publishers relying on Facebook traffic are at the mercy of the inscrutable algorithm. Data shows an apparent change at Facebook in May caused website traffic to tank at some news sites.
Basically, they want their cake and to eat it too.
I remember a few years they were crying because Facebook was stealing their traffic, people didn't go to the websites to read the news, so they didn't click ads. Facebook was basically stealing their money!!!
The problem is that this view is shortsighted, because with these new laws you talk about, people still don't go to news websites, and in fact get their news from alternative sources (and most of them, not good).
So now they are crying, again, but for the opposite reason.
You've got to love flatscreen to VR modders. They continue to keep PC VR alive and kicking by working tirelessly to produce epic VR conversions of some of gaming's greats, and it's all seemingly done in their own time for little to no financial reward. Aside from maybe the occasional Patreon subscription that is.
According to L'Equipe, Luis Enrique will be the next PSG coach. The French media says that the agreement will be made official within the next week. After failed negotiations with Nagelsmann, the Spanish coach has reportedly chosen the Parisian club to replace Christophe Galtier. The French capital club believe they are not too...
And why? For me its definitely Warcraft 3 Reforged. They literally made a quick money grab AND you can't even play online the old W3 without having to download 30gb of trash.
It's the first 3D game and it shows.
After FM2008, my favourite, it was a bit of a disapointment.
Then FM2010 was good, improved on FM11, and FM12 is considered by some people to be the peak of the series.
Coincidentally or not, the last Championship Manager was in 2009/2010, and FIFA Manager's last was 2013/2014, and now Football Manager has been stagnating a bit (or getting worse in some places) because it has no competition in the market anymore.
Who you gonna root for? (beehaw.org)
DeArrow - A Browser Extension that removes clickbait titles and thumbnails (dearrow.ajay.app)
The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great....
Best news aggregator? Where do you get your news?
I used to use flipboard, then once I got hooked on Reddit I got lazy and just started getting all my news from there....
So, who do we all support then?
Burnley fan checking in here.
What options you would like to have in certain Nintendo games?
Knowing that most Nintendo games don't really have options to tweak the game like not even being able to turn the music off, so what options would you like to see weather it's basic thing that basically most pc games have, a easier mode or some accessibility options....
Intel to invest $25 billion in Israel factory in record deal, Netanyahu says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, calling it the largest-ever international investment in the country.
The sleeper hits of Summer Game Fest 2023 (arstechnica.com)
Games about time travel, foam spraying guns, and... space hospitals?
FreeBSD Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary (www.phoronix.com)
This month the FreeBSD project is celebrating its 30th anniversary since this open-source BSD operating system project was established.
Website Owners Say Traffic Is Plunging After Facebook Algorithm Change (gizmodo.com)
With no communication from the company, publishers relying on Facebook traffic are at the mercy of the inscrutable algorithm. Data shows an apparent change at Facebook in May caused website traffic to tank at some news sites.
Skyrim mod gives you a fully voiced ex-Thalmor companion (www.pcgamer.com)
Maybe don't put an arrow in this one immediately.
Activision will operate separately on a post-merger basis, Microsoft says (www.tweaktown.com)
Activision Blizzard King's creative operations 'will remain separate and continue to operate' undisturbed on a post-merger basis, MSFT lawyers say.
Dicefolk is like a Pokémon roguelike with dice, and it’s got a new demo (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Demo out now ahead of release later in 2023.
This new mod brings full VR to classic zombie survival game 7 Days To Die (www.eurogamer.net)
You've got to love flatscreen to VR modders. They continue to keep PC VR alive and kicking by working tirelessly to produce epic VR conversions of some of gaming's greats, and it's all seemingly done in their own time for little to no financial reward. Aside from maybe the occasional Patreon subscription that is.
Phil Spencer says Halo wasn't at the Xbox showcase because it has "a lot more games now" (www.vg247.com)
Halo Infinite was noticeably missing from the recent Xbox showcase, so Xbox head Phil Spencer clarified why that was.
Bombshell: Luis Enrique to PSG (article in Spanish) (www.marca.com) Spanish
According to L'Equipe, Luis Enrique will be the next PSG coach. The French media says that the agreement will be made official within the next week. After failed negotiations with Nagelsmann, the Spanish coach has reportedly chosen the Parisian club to replace Christophe Galtier. The French capital club believe they are not too...
iFixit Not Impressed with Apple 15-inch MacBook Air Repairability (www.techpowerup.com)
What is your least favorite PC game in your favorite franchise?
And why? For me its definitely Warcraft 3 Reforged. They literally made a quick money grab AND you can't even play online the old W3 without having to download 30gb of trash.
PC Games to play in local co-op?
Local Cooperative PC Games...
What are you playing this weekend? 06/16
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