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We used to just call clickbaity headlines "headlines," and the entire point of them is to be concise and get you to read the whole article.
by cwyers 11y ago
We used to just call clickbaity headlines "headlines," and the entire point of them is to be concise and get you to read the whole article.
- galago 11y agoI think we called them 'titles' or 'misleading titles'. Magazines with the article titles on the front would do this and I think it was distinctly different from say, a newspaper where the article started right below the headline. The magazine is actually hoping you don't see any of the article before you've bought the magazine (and possibly seen ads.)
- Bud 11y agoNo, we didn't. We called them misleading.
- cma 11y agoThose were called tabloid-style headlines.