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I view the point of #savedyouaclick as a way to fill in the missing noun/verb/adjective in a clickbait title, so that someone can make a more informed opinion
by mfringel 11y ago
I view the point of #savedyouaclick as a way to fill in the
missing noun/verb/adjective in a clickbait title, so that someone can make a more informed opinion on whether to click through.
The point is not to save you a click in all circumstances, but to save a needless click due to frustration/curiosity.
- dsr_ 11y agoIN particular, if you know who Jonathan Mayer is, you don't have to read the article at all. I know HN likes to keep the original title if at all possible, but pretty much every clickbait title could be profitably replaced by a clever submitter: "FCC names Jonathan Mayer new chief technologist for enforcement" The only other clickbait title I see right now is courtesy the Washington Post: "This might be the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS" which would be better as: "Piketty says inequality drives terrorism" although that doesn't quite replace reading the article, it's just a lot better than what was there.
- biot 11y agoThe top story right now is far more clickbaity: "The secret message hidden in every HTTP/2 connection".