@FilmClickbait saved you a click. Now a bunch of comic book movie twitter rumormongers are angry and creating conspiracy theories.

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Anyone remember that Saved You A Click twitter account that got a really high profile at one point? Where basically the dude running it would find clickbait, and then tweet the answer/reveal so you don't have to actually click the link? Well, someone made one focused on movie news called FilmClickbait that did pretty much the same thing, but for movie news.

A day ago, that account tweeted out this tweet:



The author of that article saw this tweet and got very angry:

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I guess he was angry that twitter is stealing clicks away from his blog post about a twitter rumor about a trailer release date? Anyways, this led to someone else creating a conspiracy theory that the person running the twitter actually works at a competing news site and is trying to do it to smear the clickbaity competing news sites.

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And now others have jumped on this bandwagon because something something how dare anyone make fun of me for the clickbait I made:

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For what it's worth, the original account is taking this nonsense in stride:



What say you, Era? Is this just a cruel joke or is it really about ethics in comic book movie twitter rumor clickbait?

 

[Officer Big Mac]

All I know is CBR has been garbage for a few years. It's all clickbait garbage now.

 

[The Adder]

Everything is a conspiracy now-a-days except for the actual blatant conspiracy playing out.

 

[BDS]

Maybe they should try writing actual headlines instead of clickbait garbage, then FilmClickbait wouldn't need to come after them.

 

[SweetNicole]

Death to all click-bait.

 

[Randomly Generated]

What in the world.

 

[Squarehard]

Never heard of this before when it was at its supposed peak.

 

[Corky]

he's got a new follower. hate those sites

 

[Sibersk Esto]

The alleged targeted sites are mostly clickbait though.

Not to mention how gross they were during Stan lee's death. Making lists before the body was even cold.

 

[Volimar]

Even their accusations are clickbait. Btw, saved you a click guy is pretty funny.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

All I know is CBR has been garbage for a few years. It's all clickbait garbage now.

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Yeah, pretty much everything aside from CSBG on CBR has been godawful since they rebranded. It's kind of sad to see from a site that used to be so good.

 

[uzipukki]

Lol. The things people get angry about. If you don't want to be labeled as clickbait, dont fucking do clickbait articles.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

All of those are crappy bottom of the barrel stuff

 

[kirbyfan407]

I like the account's response because the tweet that was showing which websites had been most impacted by the actions of the Twitter account seemed totally oblivious to the fact that not every website has the same editorial standards. It's like saying firefighters suspiciously focus on the houses that are burning and ignore everyone else, so they must have a hidden intent.

 

[KarmaCow]

I get it, it's tough to pump out an article that will drive people to actually read it when the pertinent information they actually care about fits comfortably in a tweet but taking multiple shots at the same tweet is like shitting your pants in anger.

 

[Yams]

Expendable was the one that started the twitter account

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

I must have clicked one too many avengers articles because my Google now feed had a new bullshit secrets revealed from CBR on it every other day it felt like for months. On the 10th not interested Google finally got the message. What trash content

 

[boontobias]

Fact: It saved me a click

Another fact: I remember now I used to follow them but after a while it starting feeling petty and malicious

 

[Deleted member 1248]

I love that this is happening. More, please.

 

[Yams]

I love that this is happening. More, please.

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It's funny because the person that started the account and is now claiming he handed it to someone else was Expendable from Gaf

 

[House_Of_Lightning]

These people need a job.

 

[BDS]

It's especially sad that these angry, vindictive film bloggers think doxxing this guy will somehow make people stop following the account. Nobody cares who's running the account. Doxxing him and trying to destroy his life won't suddenly make us visit your shitty website.

 

[Scrobbles]

I've been following this account for months now and I cannot believe all of the clickbait bullshit that is constantly vomited out

 

[AzerPhire]

Haha of course it's Mana and DanielR, they will throw any theory at the wall and claim they were right when one sticks. They will never own up to what they get wrong though.

 

[Gentlemen]

CBR's current headlines
Kid Loki is the Recipe for the MCU Disney+ Show's Success
Marvel Comics Should Adopt Miles Morales' Into the Spider-Verse Costume
Gotham Ends the Batman Mythos' Biggest Debate (spoiler clickbait)
Captain Marvel is the Most Important MCU Film since Iron Man
Here's When Dragon Prince Season 2 Arrives on Netflix (clickbait on a widely distributed date)
Mark Millar Reveals Original Fate of Merlin in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (clickbait on a public Mark Millar tweet)
Punisher: Fan Artist Imagines a More Comics-Accurat Jigsaw
20 Cancelled MCU Twists That Could've Changed Everything (clickbait listicle)
Godzilla: The Planet Eater's True Villain Isn't Who You Think (spoiler clickbait)
Report: Penguin Will Be The Batman's Villain
Hobbs & Shaw Photo Prepares Johnson, Stathamand Elba for Epic Showdown
20 Powerful Female Marvel Characters We Hope To See In The MCU's Phase Four (clickbait listicle)
Storm Has New Powers in Dark Phoenix (clickbait aggregation of reporting by comicbook.com)
Aquaman Tops The Dark Knight, Crosses $1 Billion at Box Office
The 20 Most Glaring Mistakes in the MCU (That Marvel Fanboys Totally Missed) (clickbait listicle)
Doctor Who Episode Scripts Available Online for Free
Deadpool 2 Star Reportedly Has Secret Role in Detective Pikachu (clickbait aggregation on reporting by rival rumormill revenge of the fans)
RUMOR: Black Widow May Be First R-Rated Marvel Studios Film
Aquaman: Watch the Stunning End Title Sequence to the Film
The Punisher: 10 Things We Hope To See In Season 2 (And 10 We Don't Need) (clickbait listicle)

That's 50% of their top 20 headlines all one variant of low-effort clickbait content regurgitation.

No need for a conspiracy theory, that's just basic pattern recognition.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Team Saved You a Click

If your site has to resort to bullshit vague headlines and shit to get people to look at your "content" then your site has a problem.

 

[Deleted member 12352]

lmao at the guy just raging at the same tweet over and over.

Let my get my tiny violin to play for shitbag clickbaiters.

 

[MistahS]

Daniel "Ayer should direct JL" RPK

 

[ody]

Bunch of children lol
Thank you, filmclickbait

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Anti clickbait account is disproportionatelly going after clickbait websites

 

[Jack Scofield]

My Google feed kept showing me stories from these comic sites. Every fucking article was such clickbait BS that I blocked them.

Good for this Twitter account.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Expendable was the one that started the twitter account

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It's funny because the person that started the account and is now claiming he handed it to someone else was Expendable from Gaf

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Cool. And at least Expendable has done legit content over the years and does real work instead of the bullshit the people that are mad have peddled.

 

[Deleted member 1248]

If you know where to find casting calls and toy manufacturer solicitations (takes ten seconds of Googling, after which you can just add it to your book marks and check back daily), you too can start a blog and make believe you're a film journalist, collecting that sweet ad revenue from a bunch of a half-assed clickbait headlines.

You could outsource the shit to a fucking robot.

 

[Kevers]

ManaByte quoted in the OP, I'd like to hear his input in the thread.

 

[Slayven]

Other than Screenrant being number 3, it checks out. Screenrant has a 5 to 1 bullshit ratio

 

[Daxa]

Comicbook reporting, especially comicbook adaptation reporting, is objectively the worst kind of reporting. That it manages to be worse than videogame reporting is an epic feat.

 

[Deleted member 43084]

It's worth noting that The Verge editor-in-chief complained about Save You A Click back in 2014, which became a minor meme.

HE DIDN'T SAVE ANYONE A CLICK AT ALL — HE STOLE AN EXPERIENCE

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[Kevers]

It's worth noting that The Verge editor-in-chief complained about Save You A Click back in 2014, which became a minor meme.

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spoiler culture has gone too far.

 

[BringBackSonics]

I like commenters that do this on fB stories (where there is one webpage per item and you have to scroll through 50 webpages to get that top 50 list), so someone will just post the entire list so you don't have to click 50 times

 

[snapcracken]

It's worth noting that The Verge editor-in-chief complained about Save You A Click back in 2014, which became a minor meme.

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nilay patel is such a fuckin clown

remember when he got in a twitter fight with some rando because that rando thought the apple watch wasn't very stylish or some shit

and when the other two founders of The Verge left he turned it into heavy clickbait and (iirc) got into twitter fights with those who complained about it?

 

[Kthulhu]

I'm all for this. If you don't want people to make fun of your clickbait then don't use it.

 

[Luigi87]

Yeah I'm on the side of death to clickbait, so kudos to these twitter accounts that work against it.

 

[Jiggy]

For what it's worth, the original account is taking this nonsense in stride:

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Ha

That's great

Followed

 

[Patitoloco]

lol at that report. Anyone who follows those four sites knows they're 100% clickbait, most of the times there's not even an story behind the articles.

Heroic Hollywood last week run like 5 or 6 articles based on THE SAME KEVIN FEIGE INTERVIEW, which lasted a whooping length of 2 MINUTES. Literally an article per sentence, just terrible. And that's just an example, those four sites have the fucking guts to have stories like "Here's the new look of this character X!" and then post a DeviantArt photo.

They deserve someone like FilmClickbait

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This account is great.

 

[$10 Bagel]

Writing an article for the release date of something is absolutely stupid and shouldn't be taken serious.

Why the fuck do I need to read your article that a trailer comes out on January 15th.

 

[Sober]

I feel like I googled Infinity War one too many times and Google just keeps suggesting bullshit articles from CBR and the like.

Some really clickbaity stuff and really low effort posts on top on posting every MCU Endgame theory under the sun.

So no I don't feel bad here.

 

[IHaveIce]

Good account. Fuck those sites. And those people being mad in the OP are some of the nost annoying twitter personalities regarding comicbook movie reporting so yeah... I'm on the side of the account that trashes clickbait.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

I mean it's exposing public knowledge and not exclusive stuff right? Like the release date was shown everywhere. If it's just that, these complaining sites can piss off.

Now if they are stealing clicks for exclusive pieces, then yes I'd be more sympathetic.

 

[Necromanti]

The monster that ad-revenue has created is quite amazing.