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I wonder if this clickbait filter will also flag ironic blog titles. There have been a fair amount on HN that were clearly a joke, like "We ditched Postgres, wh
by ohitsdom 10y ago
I wonder if this clickbait filter will also flag ironic blog titles. There have been a fair amount on HN that were clearly a joke, like "We ditched Postgres, what happened next will BLOW YOUR MIND".
- Kluny 10y agoHope so. I'm happy to be rid of ironic clickbait as well.
- minimaxir 10y agoI've seen a rise in HN submissions with linkbait titles which are not ironic, usually to Medium posts. The non-punishment of linkbait posts on Medium has made it a custom, which makes things worse, and it's good that Facebook is publically doing something about it.