> different people have different opinions on what clickbait is. Not really, there are just people who haven't seen a specific type of trick not used ad nausea

> different people have different opinions on what clickbait is. Not really, there are just people who haven't seen a specific type of trick not used ad nauseam, while others have seen it a thousand times already. "I'll know it when I see it" is sufficient here, since there's a wide variety of them and with enough experience they can be easily recognized. In case you would like to have an easier way to learn it though: Typically clickbait is when the article communicates something (anything, really) that could easily fit in the title itself, but refuses to do so. Advanced users compose titles that specifically pique curiosity in the average person.