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0 pointsattqqq6y ago0 comments

I don’t want to inject my personal opinions into this, I’m really hoping someone with a stronger grasp of the English language that also feels this way can step in, here

That being said.. I don’t think this would have the same effect if- say, it was another generic “Hey guys look at what this cool robot could do, Featuring: Savage”, albeit less creative, and already done to death, it wouldn’t connote the same weird “I made this video solely to put under the title my Soc Media manager told me to”(?) subtext

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aaron6956y ago

Neither the Youtube title "Adam Savage's Spot Robot Rickshaw Carriage!" or current HN title "Adam Savage Builds a Rickshaw Pulled by Boston Dynamic's Spot Robot" are clickbait.

Both are reasonable.

The only issue with the Youtube channel title might be the "!", it is a little clickbaity that I would agree seems more the work of a PR team.

The problem with the video is -

The rickshaw doesn't look great. At the end of the day it's just a "I built a rickshaw" video.

But, people would pay money to use a spot rickshaw and it looks potentially awesome. Adam even talks about the 'visual experience'.

He was trying for a visual experience and I personally think he failed. But he came close. Maybe your issue is it was a kinda fail video, which are good to have, but they present it as a ! success?

Spots's are said to be the price of a luxury car whatever that means, seems like you need multiple. I don't think it'd work outside of a loss leader for someone like Disney atm.

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