Not sure about this community, but many Lemmy communities have a rule that if you post a link to a news article or video, you need to keep the post title the same as the source.
Usually it’s spelled that way, but this is more like an eggcorn than a mistake.
I kind of like the idea that it’s clickbating, like the creator is jerking themselves off about how much they love clicks, or how clever they are with their manipulative title.
It’s always spelled that way. The word is clickbait, there is no such thing as “clickbate” and it’s nowhere near common enough of a misspelling to be considered an eggcorn.
I would like you to show me any credible source saying that an eggcorn must achieve widespread adoption before it can be described as such.
The prescriptivist idea that something needs to be in a dictionary before it can be considered a feature of language is something that linguists - including the dictionary authors themselves - disavow.
Ah yes, the first resort of the prescriptivist: baldly assert that you are correct with absolutely no reasoning behind it.
It’s pretty clear that you don’t understand linguistics or you wouldn’t have declared so confidently that something said on purpose and clearly understood by you to be “not a word”.
Like you literally said that you don’t understand my argument and then declared me wrong anyway. I could explain further but it doesn’t seem like you want to understand.
If you do want to actually learn something here, let me know and I am quite happy to help.
Like you literally said that you don’t understand my argument
Yes, that is what I just said. You had an opportunity just now to explain it, instead you typed up four sentences that achieved nothing other than to (I assume) make you feel like you’d “won” the argument.
Not sure about this community, but many Lemmy communities have a rule that if you post a link to a news article or video, you need to keep the post title the same as the source.
o.O another aussie instance. Interesting.
No, you’re right ofcourse. I just did a bad job of explaining my frustration with clickbate naming trends.
The word is “clickbait”, by the way.
Usually it’s spelled that way, but this is more like an eggcorn than a mistake.
I kind of like the idea that it’s clickbating, like the creator is jerking themselves off about how much they love clicks, or how clever they are with their manipulative title.
It’s always spelled that way. The word is clickbait, there is no such thing as “clickbate” and it’s nowhere near common enough of a misspelling to be considered an eggcorn.
I would like you to show me any credible source saying that an eggcorn must achieve widespread adoption before it can be described as such.
The prescriptivist idea that something needs to be in a dictionary before it can be considered a feature of language is something that linguists - including the dictionary authors themselves - disavow.
I’m not really sure what you’re trying to argue here. “Clickbate” is not a word.
Ah yes, the first resort of the prescriptivist: baldly assert that you are correct with absolutely no reasoning behind it.
It’s pretty clear that you don’t understand linguistics or you wouldn’t have declared so confidently that something said on purpose and clearly understood by you to be “not a word”.
Like you literally said that you don’t understand my argument and then declared me wrong anyway. I could explain further but it doesn’t seem like you want to understand.
If you do want to actually learn something here, let me know and I am quite happy to help.
Yes, that is what I just said. You had an opportunity just now to explain it, instead you typed up four sentences that achieved nothing other than to (I assume) make you feel like you’d “won” the argument.
Lol, that’s fair. Leaving it for historical reasons.