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> Agreed that most of the catchy headlines are actually clickbaits, but there could be always some that are genuine. Can you think of an example? Make one up,
by viewer5 10y ago
> Agreed that most of the catchy headlines are actually clickbaits, but there could be always some that are genuine.
Can you think of an example? Make one up, I don't mean scour the internet for one. I thought about what you said and I can't think of an instance where the crappy clickbait headlines we're used to seeing would actually be a well-descriptive headline for its content.
Like, I can't think of an instance where something like "I bought this camera, and you won't believe what happened!" [or other clickbait formats] is a reasonable descriptor for its content, where you just can't write title without titling it like that.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?
- acbabis 10y ago> Maybe I'm misunderstanding you? Perhaps he's suggesting that otherwise honest people have to resort to clickbait tactics to compete with the worsening signal-to-noise ratio
- rms_returns 10y ago> otherwise honest people have to resort to clickbait tactics to compete with the worsening signal-to-noise ratio Exactly. Imagine that you are a pristine expert in your subject and want to share your knowledge. Now, you want to write a well-researched article and post it on your blog, think what title will you give it? If its a plain old title like "Acme stock is down by 5%", that won't be doing justice to your well-researched article. Maybe, you have got insights about technical/fundamental analyses about Acme stock that the rest of the professionals don't? Unless you give it a catchy title like "10 reasons to avoid Acme stock" or "Unpredictable mess lie ahead of Acme", no one is going to read your article (although it deserves to be read by millions). tldr; Even a good product needs marketing sometimes.