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I downvoted it for the total lack of context. The video title is opaque at best and clickbait at worst. Neither OP nor the video's creator offer any description of what this "critique" is supposed to be. Are we roasting the game? Are we defending the game? Are we trying to give a more fair and balanced treatment than others have? From the post, the video title, and the video description I have no idea what this is or why I should give it any of my time, so I consider it spam and I downvote.
Generally, when videos get posted to a forum like this I want to see OP chime in with why this video is worth our time. If you're posting it, you should already have watched it, so you're the first person in this community who can tell us what's good or bad about it. That's incredibly valuable! Even a one sentence blurb about what made you post this particular video here is a huge help to people looking for info about this topic, especially when the video is 48 minutes long.
I appreciate you being the 1/8 to actually state their reason!
Everything seemed pretty self-explanatory to me in a community like this since:
Also I wholehartedly disagree with downvoting something as spam when you have no idea what it is. And why do you need me to tell you what "we're" doing here? It's not for me to say whether this is a thread for roasting the game or praising it or anything else. I'm not sure I could even think of a more clear, straightforward title (and it's simply the video title).
I also don't feel it's my obligation to share my thoughts on something I post. As OP I prefer for people to think for themselves and form their own opinion about the content.
The fact that it's not clear what it is or why it deserves to be posted is what makes it spam. Ambiguous titles with no user participation cannot be quality posts.
On the other side, spammers could add a quick sentence to a low value video, making it "valid" if that's the criteria used
A summary doesn't make it not spam. A video without one always is.