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> I dislike the “clickbait” accusation very much. It’s so lazy. “Clickbait” is really not the only reason that can lead to ambiguous titles, far from it. But i
by golemotron 10y ago
> I dislike the “clickbait” accusation very much. It’s so lazy. “Clickbait” is really not the only reason that can lead to ambiguous titles, far from it.
But it leads to more clicks, doesn't it? You're saying that they don't have that intention?
- dpark 10y agoIsn't that the intention of every article title? Is everything clickbait?
- golemotron 10y agoOnly the deceptive ones.
- dpark 10y agoHere's to the honest writers, who hope fervently that no one will ever read theirs works!
- arrrg 10y agoAka a creative subversion of expectations. There are more than one ways to view this. Also, to me something is not clickbait if the actual content might be different from what I expected, but just as interesting or maybe even more interesting.