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dabaron
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i'm going to have to get my 13 yr old to blog about how terrible the Vanagon trips are so we can afford a set of 2.1 main bearings.
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joetiger 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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I subscribe to the Post so I don't mind clicking the link. If I got the print edition and the article was in it, I'd probably read it there as well. Somebody's personal blog, that's a different story.
Would Samba member Chris Dixon's outstanding, timeless article in the NYT be click bait as well? Or is this one okay because it's positive?
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/travel/driving-...Position=8
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
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"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| joetiger wrote: |
I subscribe to the Post so I don't mind clicking the link. If I got the print edition and the article was in it, I'd probably read it there as well. Somebody's personal blog, that's a different story.
Would Samba member Chris Dixon's outstanding, timeless article in the NYT be click bait as well? Or is this one okay because it's positive?
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/travel/driving-...Position=8 |
It *IS* click bait.
The difference is that Chris is willing and able to adjust to his situation, whereas the girl in Hawaii (who has never been camoping before by the sound of it) seems to be expecting a five star hotel suite on wheels!!!
Of course she's disappointed...she's ignorant.
Probably broke the ankle falling off the roof trying to re-create some "Yoga Girl on the Roof" pose. 
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Merian
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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Which articles in the Washington post and NY Times are not click bait?
How do you tell?
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campism
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| dabaron wrote: |
| i'm going to have to get my 13 yr old to blog about how terrible the Vanagon trips are so we can afford a set of 2.1 main bearings. |
If he becomes an influencer those sponsors will be throwing main bearings at you, gratis!
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jimf909
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| Merian wrote: |
Which articles in the Washington post and NY Times are not click bait?
How do you tell? |
Let alone thesamba.com? I've posted videos here and expect my big pay-day any day now.
341 views!
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89 views!
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106 views!
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| dabaron wrote: |
| i'm going to have to get my 13 yr old to blog about how terrible the Vanagon trips are so we can afford a set of 2.1 main bearings. |
#vanlifewithdad
#itsworsethanyouimagined
#kayaksandtrains
#nofun
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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joetiger
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| dabaron wrote: |
| i'm going to have to get my 13 yr old to blog about how terrible the Vanagon trips are so we can afford a set of 2.1 main bearings. |
You mean when he's not trolling vintage automotive forums with tall tales of $2300 Dokas? 
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
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"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
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SCM
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| joetiger wrote: |
Would Samba member Chris Dixon's outstanding, timeless article in the NYT be click bait as well? Or is this one okay because it's positive? |
Chris actually owned and worked on enough Vanagons to have an informed opinion on them. Unlike Miss "it's hot on Maui and I didn't realize lodging costs money and that there's not really any camping".
I can't say it enough, Chris' "Ghost Wave" was one of my top 2 favorite books (one of only 3 I've ever read twice). I lent it to a friend but probably need to ask to get it back.
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joetiger
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| joetiger wrote: |
Would Samba member Chris Dixon's outstanding, timeless article in the NYT be click bait as well? Or is this one okay because it's positive? |
Chris actually owned and worked on enough Vanagons to have an informed opinion on them. Unlike Miss "it's hot on Maui and I didn't realize lodging costs money and that there's not really any camping".
I can't say it enough, Chris' "Ghost Wave" was one of my top 2 favorite books (one of only 3 I've ever read twice). I lent it to a friend but probably need to ask to get it back. |
Chris is a talented and outstanding writer; you'll get no argument from me.
I used the example not as a comparison of the merits of the writers, but the publications in which they appeared. Hopefully without opening a can of wildly inappropriate worms, I trust that what I click on NYT or WaPo or other known, established sources is going to be of value whereas an inflammatory piece from an unverified website is, well, clickbait. YMMV.
The content of the article, another vanlife-curious greenhorn finding out it isn't for them, was not clickbait any more than any other vetted, edited articles that the Post publishes. That was the point I was clumsily attempting to make.
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present
www.josephtrussell.com
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thatbaldwinlife
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| Merian wrote: |
Which articles in the Washington post and NY Times are not click bait?
How do you tell? |
Let alone thesamba.com? I've posted videos here and expect my big pay-day any day now.
341 views!
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89 views!
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106 views!
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jimf909
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| Merian wrote: |
Which articles in the Washington post and NY Times are not click bait?
How do you tell? |
After much thought, I have this suggestion:
- Much of the content on the internet is produced to attract and retain traffic for profit.
- Clickbait is a pejorative term used to describe a subset above content. Characteristics of clickbait can include: sensationalist title referencing a trending topic (check); intentionally controversial content that prompts debate in the comments or in venues where it's forwarded (check); the content also typically appeals to base sensibilities such as schadenfreude, tribalism/nationalism, sexism, ageism and other isms (check).
Wikipedia defines clickbait...
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| ...a defining characteristic of being deceptive, typically sensationalized or misleading.[2][3] A "teaser" aims to exploit the "curiosity gap", providing just enough information to make readers of news websites curious, but not enough to satisfy their curiosity without clicking through to the linked content. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait
This article fits reasonably well in the clickbait category creating a curiosity gap by mentioning #vanlife and the crazy rental car shortage.
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vanis13
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Hot Sweaty Nightmare |
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| A "teaser" aims to exploit the "curiosity gap", providing just enough information to make readers of news websites curious, but not enough to satisfy their curiosity without clicking through to the linked content. |
like some non-descript topics right here on The Samba. today's Pg 1 examples
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=755766
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=755715
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