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15 Post author: SquirrelInHell 27 March 2016 05:32AM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 28 March 2016 12:02:31AM 1 point [-]

What kind of empirical observsations would you expect to see in a world where "Abuse of Productivity Systems." is a more effective headline than "Don't abuse Productivity Systems"?

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 28 March 2016 02:26:21AM 2 points [-]

I don't know what Douglas_Knight was thinking, but I can see now that YouTube suggestions have indeed changed after changing the title of the video. Now the suggestions look more like popular philosophy or whatever than animal abuse. It's a very empirical observation, though it has nothing to do with reactions of humans.