• breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Headlines like this always imply (at least the way I read them) as “Nintendo SHOCKED profits fall unexpectedly”

    But nintendo literally expected this. “Nintendo forecast lower profits this year, still beat expectations”

    Far less clickbaity.

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      3 months ago

      I think that’s a result of how headlines are these days. You almost never just get the story it’s gotta be some negative emotion inducing statement.

      This one might as well read “your favorite company failing?!”

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      3 months ago

      It’s clickbaity to say “profits fall by x% due to y reason”?

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        3 months ago

        Headlines like this always imply (at least the way I read them) as “Nintendo SHOCKED profits fall unexpectedly”

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          3 months ago

          I’m just saying that you’re the one adding that implication to a very uncharged statement

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            3 months ago

            Yes. I very clearly stated that - twice. And now for a third time - its my reading which leads to the implication.

            I didn’t say the headline was clickbait. The implication to me reads as clickbait. The headline I suggested reads, to me as less clickbaity.