General > General Technical Chat
Xyla Foxlin Lab Eviction
<< < (8/16) > >>
soldar:
Maybe it's just me but for me "evicted" carries the connotation of "fired for cause" rather than "laid off".

For me "lease not renewed" is a very different thing from "evicted". To me "evicted" carries the connotation of "by force", "against their  will", for reasons like non payment of rent or illegal activities. I imagine the sheriff with a court order.

To me "lease not renewed" is very different from "evicted". But maybe it's just me.
IanB:
It's common usage in English to say "evicted" if you are forced to leave involuntarily. Yes, it sounds a bit dramatic to say "evicted" instead of "had to move out", but being dramatic is also common in such circumstances.
SiliconWizard:
True, this is a bit of a dramatic phrasing, but you can't blame too much - using catchy titles is what you learn to do when you need to have an online presence.
Try changing the title of this thread or a corresponding video to "Xyla Foxlin's lease not renewed" and see how many people will bother to read/watch or even get what it's all about just reading the title.
Communication 101. And yes, effective online communication is often borderline with clickbaits. Deal with it, as Elon would say. :-DD
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: IanB on February 05, 2024, 04:26:59 pm ---It's common usage in English to say "evicted" if you are forced to leave involuntarily. Yes, it sounds a bit dramatic to say "evicted" instead of "had to move out", but being dramatic is also common in such circumstances.

--- End quote ---

Yes, just common parlance.
In this case the house was sold and presumably the new owners don't want to continue to lease it.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on February 05, 2024, 10:15:58 pm ---True, this is a bit of a dramatic phrasing, but you can't blame too much - using catchy titles is what you learn to do when you need to have an online presence.
Try changing the title of this thread or a corresponding video to "Xyla Foxlin's lease not renewed" and see how many people will bother to read/watch or even get what it's all about just reading the title.
Communication 101. And yes, effective online communication is often borderline with clickbaits. Deal with it, as Elon would say. :-DD

--- End quote ---

The "clickbait" label pisses me off. I get it all the time of course. To me the "clickbait" slur means a thumbnail and/or title that is not indicitive of the content.
Of course creators have to use catchy titles and thumbnails, even to appeal to their own audience. e.g. the average subscriber would be subbed to dozens or even hundreds of channels, and it's important not to waste subscribers time when they are trying to decide what content to watch in a very long list of subbed videos. So an accurate title and thumbnail is essential.
In this case, it doesn't need to be 100% grammatically accurate, it just needs to be subject accurate, so "eviction" is the right word, it gets across that you are being booted out in one simple clear word.

An example of annoying title would be "I can't believe this happened!"
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod