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I hate these clickbait-titles.
by realPubkey 9y ago
I hate these clickbait-titles.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoAll the info is in the tagline, and when you visit the story through their site the tagline is presented before you need to click. Maybe the title should change for content aggregators, though I don't see including the name dramatically changing someone's interest in the topic.
- fenomas 9y agoI don't find it clickbait-ey at all. The whole point of the article is that the drink is forgotten - ergo putting its name in the headline wouldn't convey any information. Clickbait would be if the article was about a drink we're all familiar with, and the title refused to tell us which one.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoExcept it's not forgotten, and if you've not heard of it the name doesn't detract at all, of you do know it then you can make a more informed decision on reading it.
- tom_mellior 9y ago> I don't find it clickbait-ey at all. Let's consider two alternatives: (a) A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries (b) Yaupon tea: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries Would anybody be better off if they had chosen (b) instead of (a)? Yes, potential readers would have more information of what to expect and hence a better basis for choosing whether to click. Would anybody be worse off if they had chosen (b) instead of (a)? Yes, Atlasobscura would get fewer clicks and hence less advertising money for yet another one of their Wikipedia copy and paste jobs. In other words, it's clickbait.
- chris_wot 9y agoIt’s not click bait - the article is literally about how it was forgotten for centuries.
- 55555 9y agoIt is bait to get you to click by leaving the answer to the implied question out of the title. the question is: [what is] the forgotten drink that caffeinated north america for centuries.