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Faux pas

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2. I'm with you 💯

Reply to PoliWrangler (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:15 PM

15 hrs ago

on that topic. I hate having to hit a link to get the information, so I don't. They usually leave countless unwanted cookies that I don't want to clean out. To me just a link is just rude.

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video posts without any analysis are low effort [View all] PoliWrangler 15 hrs ago OP

You can always just not watch. RandySF 15 hrs ago #1

Well sure. Gore1FL 14 hrs ago #11

I'm with you 💯 Faux pas 15 hrs ago #2

Me too. SharonAnn 14 hrs ago #10

also posts with just a link to a news story hookaleft 15 hrs ago #3

Resources brought here in any format are not worthless. Permanut 15 hrs ago #4

Maybe, but a summary or other FoxNewsSucks 14 hrs ago #9

People post what moves them and they want the rest of us to see. TomSlick 15 hrs ago #5

If I want someone to see something, and they tell me how to convince them to see it, why not just do it? Gore1FL 14 hrs ago #13

Suit yourself. You're not obligated to read or view any replies with videos. Xipe Totec 14 hrs ago #6

I'm not always at a place where I can watch FoxNewsSucks 14 hrs ago #8

Why is constructive feedback to the posters of videos a bad thing? Gore1FL 14 hrs ago #14

Here's a constructive question for you Arthur_Frain 13 hrs ago #20

I think you are vehemently agreeing with me. Gore1FL 13 hrs ago #26

I'm very rarely going to bother clicking a vid (or link) stopdiggin 13 hrs ago #21

Clout chasers don't care. flvegan 14 hrs ago #7

What is "karma farming" , and why should one care? niyad 14 hrs ago #12

LOL! i was going to ask the same thing! nt orleans 13 hrs ago #22

Ugh. Yeah. I hate those too. BannonsLiver 14 hrs ago #15

I don't watch any video news or opinion, not here on DU, not on television. hunter 14 hrs ago #16

Agreed Stacey Grove 11 hrs ago #30

Even if not your own comment, there is generally descriptions nilram 13 hrs ago #17

lol there used to be a "video" forum here Arthur_Frain 13 hrs ago #18

Closest thing now is the Liberal YouTubers Forum: Qutzupalotl 13 hrs ago #24

I choose not to listen to certain voices. BidenRocks 13 hrs ago #19

YES n/t Timewas 13 hrs ago #23

I can see a little bit of that especially with the way over the top ones mahina 13 hrs ago #25

What really gets my goat mahina 13 hrs ago #27

"Posts that have video links without any analysis or commentary from OP are worthless." J_William_Ryan 12 hrs ago #28

This isn't Reddit Stacey Grove 11 hrs ago #29