Alphane Moon to BusinessEnglish • 3 months agoNintendo profits fall 55 percent as people save their cash for the Switch 2www.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square8arrow-up133arrow-down17
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkNintendo profits fall 55 percent as people save their cash for the Switch 2www.engadget.comAlphane Moon to BusinessEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square8
minus-squareSamilinkfedilinkEnglish-2•3 months agoIt’s clickbaity to say “profits fall by x% due to y reason”?
minus-square@breadsmasherlinkEnglish6•edit-23 months agoHeadlines like this always imply (at least the way I read them) as “Nintendo SHOCKED profits fall unexpectedly”
minus-squareSamilinkfedilinkEnglish-4•3 months agoI’m just saying that you’re the one adding that implication to a very uncharged statement
minus-square@breadsmasherlinkEnglish5•3 months agoYes. 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.
It’s clickbaity to say “profits fall by x% due to y reason”?
Headlines like this always imply (at least the way I read them) as “Nintendo SHOCKED profits fall unexpectedly”
I’m just saying that you’re the one adding that implication to a very uncharged statement
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.