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"This" being a low-carb diet. Even NYT stoops to click-baity headlines these days; what is the world coming to.
by colanderman 10y ago
"This" being a low-carb diet. Even NYT stoops to click-baity headlines these days; what is the world coming to.
- fabiandesimone 10y agoif the content of the article is valid then getting the most people to read it seems like a good objective. If Clickbait helps, why not?
- Waterluvian 10y agoBecause a headline is meant to let the reader decide if it's worth reading. The newspaper doesn't get to make that call via. trickery.
- thesmallestcat 10y agoThis shit is showing up in almost every major paper now. Look at it on the bright side: Articles with titles using the clickbait style guide are instantly recognizable as the tripe. Because no paper's going to lead a local crime story, for instance, with "Pregnant Mother shot -- you'll never guess where" or "Mayor indicted for corruption was silent until he heard this." Newspaper clickbait has some common traits: National story, sensational, dull. It's either lazy pop science or a shock story about what somebody did three time zones away. So it's always safe to ignore.
- disruptalot 10y agoI'm actually happy that I was baited into reading it. Had the title been "low carb diet recommended for obesity", I would be on my way to the next headline.
- sctb 10y agoThanks, we updated the title from “Before You Spend $26,000 on Weight-Loss Surgery, Do This” to a representative phrase from the article.
- sago 10y agoAt what point will the constant background noise of people complaining about click-bait be more annoying than the wording of the headlines themselves?