#its the bowuigi video though

[ryez-loveyz]

so i wanted to rant about this like an hour ago because of the way i am as a person, but didn't want to latch onto a reblog. so i'm making my own post about this!

looonnggg rant below i get very emotional very easily

so!! this has probably been shown to hell and back, but i'm still gonna talk about this cuz... wtf

now one of my main problems with the thumbnail paired with the title is the fact that things like "oc x canon," "yume," and "f/o" are slapped in there. maybe it's just my stupid ass, but it's sort of coming across as the act of selfshipping itself and the vocabulary used along with it is "going too far."

no???

that's the BASICS of selfshipping. those terms are used in perfectly normal contexts. there is rarely, maybe even never, a time when those terms have gone too far.

next. i'll admit, i did not watch the video. i don't plan to for this rant. but apparently, it is about situations in which selfships had become ACTUALLY harmful to those involved.

so the thumbnail is very obviously clickbait.

but why?? the situations themselves would have been enough to get people talking, but tacking on innocent terms to get some views is at the very least, kind of just mean, and at the worst, actually harmful to our community!!

instead of churning out ragebait to get a few clicks, why can't you just make your thumbnails ACTUALLY interesting to draw people into what you have to say? because ragebait will only make people upset enough to drive them away.

i'm definitely overreacting. whatever. this has been stewing in my brain for like an hour.

thank you, good day. i love you all.