Venus fly trap on the huntSubmitted by c0ntr0ll3dsubstance t3_10otqcd in gifs
JonaJonaL t1_j6hno88 wrote
Isn't it more like trapping (like in the name) than hunting, since the thing is stationary and just waits for prey to come to it, rather than chasing/stalking prey?
Jackalodeath t1_j6ij3sg wrote
"Venus fly trap trapping" doesn't garner as much attention.
"Hunting" sounds cool, even if it's wrong. Best part is people will comment just to point out the distinction/"error," that comment is counted as engagement by the reddit Algo - just like up/downvoting - which increases the posts' chance of it showing up in people's feeds and/or on r/all.
Its the same reason titles are purposefully misspelled, use poor grammar, provide false/poorly structured info, or "asks what you think." People will always jump at the chance to correct someone/voice their opinion/tell the same joke 100+ times; basically its the easiest way to have low effort content reach as many users as possible.
JonaJonaL t1_j6ijsy3 wrote
Which is, in a large part, the point I want to make.
People being deliberatebly dishonest (i.e clickbaiting) is in the best case scenario stretching the truth, but in most cases just straight up lying.
Jackalodeath t1_j6ip6vw wrote
Unfortunately this being one of the heavier traffic/"more popular" subs, best you can do is report the post on grounds of "titles must be descriptive" or block the user that posted.
I suggest the latter given the mods track record with enforcing their own rules; but at least you won't see anything from this poster again.
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JonaJonaL t1_j6j1dsn wrote
Well, if we don't care about one small issue in language, that will lead to us not caring about one slightly larger issue in language, and so on and so forth, eventually leading to us reverting to to pre-caveman levels of communication (random yelling and throwing things at each other to make a point.)
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