Boat Crashes and Carnage Just for 'Views'...

In the early years of YF we were first to cover a 55' Marquis being dropped from a sling. That thread quickly accumulated hundreds of thousands of views...

https://www.yachtforums.com/threads/splash.7055/

A YT channel is using AI to create similar scenarios and driving up the view counter. There are a number of cruiser crashes on this page...

https://www.youtube.com/@Worldaithe/shorts

Like everyone else, I've grown tired of the clickbait thumbnails that YouTubers use to entice viewers and I'm done wasting time on 20 minute videos that only contain 2 minutes of useful information. I don't read the remarks under a YT video because it's mostly brainless banter. And now, AI is wasting more of our time by blurring reality.

There's not enough hours in the day for this nonsense. Color me prejudice but I prefer a good forum!

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