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These are the problems you're facing on Linux, and I'm baffled! (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

A better title might be, "Solutions to newcomers's most common problems with Linux"

The video is about the results of a survey regarding the problems people are having using Linux. Only 10% of them described themselves as beginners. That would not be a good title.

I personally see zero condescending tone in it. The video doesn't prove to be toxic like you described either.

IMO this just isn't a good community for this, because nobody clicks on a 20 minute video to figure out what it has to do with "Linux Gaming". Plus YT links are almost always downvoted anyways. I agree that the title isn't the best, because it fails to convey what the video actually contains.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Here's what I see:

  • not gaming related, just generally "linux" related
  • ad at the top of the summary
  • potentially condescending tone (baffled at users having problems), but more importantly, it's click-baity - better title: survey results about issues linux users have

I didn't down-vote, but I didn't click it or upvote it because I wasn't sure if it was relevant or not and I'm not interested in watching a video to find out. I can absolutely understand downvotes though.

If the title is dubious, leave a note in the description as to why I should watch it. Mentioning tge survey would be a great place to start.