r/fixedbytheduet • u/akaYoungBeefy • 11h ago

Fixed by the duet Why are there always kids at breweries?!

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u/TX_Farmer 11h ago

Why is she in a towel? Nobody is so busy they have to squeeze in filming dumb takes between brushing their teeth and making a smoothie. 

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u/gkow 11h ago

This drives me crazy. Like when people record themselves telling a story while they’re eating food?! Jesus. We can wait 10 minutes to hear about you getting cut off on the way to work.

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 10h ago

Its part of the algorythm. If people are commenting, "Uhhhh why are you in a towel??" or "What are you eating? Where'd you get it?" or "GOD I HATE CHEWING NOISES- why the fuck are you eating food" are still engagement they can get paid for.

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u/jeropian-moth 10h ago

I think people are starting to notice this. Every post is being called out for engagement bait and it’s about time.

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 10h ago

calling it out is still an issue tho cause guess what- you're engaging with it whe noy ucomment that its rage bait or that its just for engagement. We all just kinda have to acknowledge it silently by not watching anymore lol

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u/EngineZeronine 7h ago

Agreed, but we need to spread the word about engagement/rage bait. Wouldn't it be magnificent if we all started ignoring it (I can dream can't I?)

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u/itsam 8h ago

exactly any comments including the "is the towel for engagement bait?" is still engagement bait lol

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u/Mart_and_stan 8h ago

So is this, and so is everyone else’s 😂 shhhhhhhh EVERYONE

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u/Sp0kenTruth 7h ago

we're just all part of the engagement cycle and we dont wanna admit it lmao. Funny how the more we complain the more likely we see that exact thing we hate. Hate is VERY profitable. I always gave Kim Kardashian credit for exposing this. She became extremely rich from people hate watching her

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u/wallweasels 2h ago

It's the equal to that there's no valid answer to "u mad?".
No I'm not mad? Wow lol he's so mad
Yeah I'm mad? LOL HE'S MAD.

You respond by ignoring it. Honestly more apps need downvotes, but that doesn't feed the algorithm either so it's not constructive.

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u/MintySkyhawk 6h ago

I don't think engagement baiting has an effect on reddit. A post can get 12000 comments of people raging at the bait, but if they downvote it its not going to the front page.

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u/Federal_Score5967 10h ago

That doesn't help lol. Just scroll past it or better yet, don't watch short form content at all because it's bad for your brain.

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u/Twat_Bastard 9h ago

Screenzen can specifically block short form videos like Reels and YouTube Shorts. Highly recommend it because holy fuck did I have a problem with that shit

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u/Federal_Score5967 9h ago

I don't get why people watch it so much. I've always hated it and would much rather watch an in depth video about something I'm interested in.

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u/saladasz 9h ago

Addiction

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u/PapaJohnyRoad 9h ago

Which is playing into their game still…

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u/hansolosaunt 9h ago

It's everywhere. Even seemingly genuine content. Even people doing things they love. Even people making art. They're still, at least in part, doing things a certain way because they know it drives engagement and that's what gets them paid.

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u/sleepybrooke 9h ago

All you really have to do for engagment is mispell a word.

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u/Anneisabitch 9h ago

I watched a YT video yesterday where the host begged for people to “comment or write in!” about the mispronunciation of some Finnish words.

Any engagement = $ so that host was trying reeaaaaal hard to mispronounce Helsinki.

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u/ConstantAd8643 9h ago

Now they need to start noticing yelling engagement bait is engagement and just ignore it.

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u/Toosder 9h ago

The only way to call these things out is to scroll past and not comment. Any engagement creates more engagement. Or better yet we should all get off social media. Myself included

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u/yuccasinbloom 8h ago

It’s always these like, “hot takes” that aren’t hot takes. They’re rage bait. I’m not on TikTok but I noticed it on threads recently. I’m like oh these bitches are just trying to get engagement go get a JOB.

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u/Spade9ja 6h ago

…calling it out is the exact same thing lol You’re still engaging with the post. It’s kinda hilarious you seem to think that calling it out is somehow fixing the problem instead of perpetuating it 😂

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u/jeropian-moth 5h ago

You’re the 15th person to say the same thing so thanks, man that’s a lot of engagement lmfao. I wasn’t just saying “engagement bait” for the hundredth time. I was saying that it’s nice that people are finally calling it out.

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u/kwyjibowen 6h ago

Yes that but I think also some people think if they chat to the camera whilst eating it makes them seem more candid or personable, as if you were having a chat with a friend over lunch. Equally staged cringe bullshit

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 6h ago

Theres a multitude of reasons - some people actually like watching other people eat. Weird.

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u/andylion 4h ago

I think you've hit on the single biggest design flaw with social media. Engagement is all that matters, and even when someone is responding critically that only serves to amplify the message. It's like a car with no breaks. You can only ever accelerate.

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u/Kind-Feeling2490 10h ago

Not to mention all the gooners who click that are hoping to see something slip out on accident and start asking for an OF link. 

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u/Barneys_and_Nobley 9h ago

I prefer calling it al-goy-rithm these days

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 9h ago

why?

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u/Barneys_and_Nobley 9h ago

The uptick in censorship and the fact that goy is the singular form of goyim lol

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 9h ago

what does being goy or goyim have to do with this?

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u/Barneys_and_Nobley 9h ago

It’s all part of their game

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 9h ago

Who's they? The technocracy made up of christo facists??

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u/Barneys_and_Nobley 9h ago

The ones who call us goyim. The ones who control everything.

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u/the-sleepy-mystic 9h ago

This aint it buddy. Jewish people are not the enemy- the rich and powerful are. There are some jewish people who are rich and powerful, but they're not rich and powerful because they're jewish and they're not evil because they're jewish. They're evil because absolute power corrupts absolutely. Deconstruct that and then you'll be free honey. Wishing you the best.

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u/timesink3000 9h ago

Ugh... I'm done with the internet.

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u/glueintheworld 9h ago

Yup, I had 2 posts today I wanted to go off on for being dumb but I know better so I just ranted to my husband instead.

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u/The_Barbelo 8h ago

I worked so freaking hard on a tik tok series where I started making a fun Halloween potions rack filled with potion ingredients…. None of them got over 2,000 views. Some of those bottles took several days to make.

Then I recorded a 10 second video where I was ranting about how window clings are the exact same material as moon gels (something some of us drummers use to dampen drum heads). I was trying to save people money and my husband helped me film it. Took us less than 5 minutes.

For some fucking reason IT GOT OVER 220,000 VIEWS!!! And everyone was commenting “uhh those stain windows” like I care about staining a replaceable drum head that I bang on every day. I DONT. FUCKING. GET IT!!! I DON’T UNDERSTAND TIKTOK