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It is a terrible article because the headline is false. "The voluntourism industry, worth about $173 billion annually" No it isn't. If you click through to t
by bruceb 11y ago
It is a terrible article because the headline is false.
"The voluntourism industry, worth about $173 billion annually"
No it isn't.
If you click through to the PDF and the source the PDF cites you will find what is actually stated is "global youth travel industry is currently worth USD 173 billion per annum..."
Not every young traveler is volunteering.
- coldtea 11y ago>It is a terrible article because the headline is false. This is a terrible comment, because it implies that you can judge the whole of an article (which might contain lots of useful information, observations etc) from its headline. Actually, the headline in most news outlets is not even written or chosen by the journalist. Traditionally it's chosen by the editor of the outlet (and it's often made to attract readers).
- sunir 11y agoThe headline exists so readers can judge the article before reading it. Complaining about a clickbait headline is fair.
- coldtea 11y ago>Complaining about a clickbait headline is fair. Only when it stops to the headline and doesn't make assumptions about the quality of the article. Please explain in what universe the statement "It is a terrible article because the headline is false" is true.
- dang 11y agoThat statement is obviously excessive, but it's helpful to have pointed out that the $173B number is false. I thought when I saw it that it sounded high, but it didn't occur to me to check. We've taken it out of the title. As for titles in general, there's no standing in the way of the dreaded title fever.