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What? I don't understand what the big problem with some HN users and 'linkbait'. Who cares? It's called journalism. In order to catch attention, the headline h
by marcamillion 16y ago
What? I don't understand what the big problem with some HN users and 'linkbait'.
Who cares? It's called journalism. In order to catch attention, the headline has to be attention grabbing.
This post was soo timely for HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384994 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384994
If the article was garbage, then yes I would agree with you. But who cares if he manipulates the headline to get attention.
The next time you write a blog post, or anything, that doesn't have an attention grabbing headline and gets a ton of traffic...please let us know.
- zach 16y agoIndulge me a Simpsons quote: Baby-Proofer: Your baby is dead! Homer and Marge: [horrified scream] Baby-Proofer: That's what you'd hear if your baby fell victim to one of the thousands of deathtraps lurking in the average American home! I would like to think that HN follows some of PG's taste for things, and none of his essays have "Your Baby Is Dead" style titles, even when the ideas inside are provocative. I think there's a line to draw, even though nobody is ever going to agree, but that's the way social norms are.