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“Everything is clickbait” only proves that the concept has lost all meaning, not that journalism has somehow changed for the worse. Look how much of the conver
by matt4077 9y ago
“Everything is clickbait” only proves that the concept has lost all meaning, not that journalism has somehow changed for the worse.
Look how much of the conversation is driven by traditional media outlets. If people really believe we can lose all that and still have a functioning civil society with an informed citizenry, I fear for the future.
- tjoff 9y agoIt most certainly has changed for the worse. Because with everything clickbait there is no reason to focus on content since articles without it "sell" just as well. And since good content doesn't bring money anymore why bother? As a user it becomes much harder to find good content, which reduces the usefulness and desire to read and continue the subscription.
- mijamo 9y agoI disagree strongly. Shocking headings were already common in the 1800s. If anything the quality and diversity has gone up in the last years.
- tjoff 9y agoSure, front page headlines has always been subject to this. But with the internet everything is the front page, and stories only get promoted based on how clickbaity they are. I can look past the top headline, this is several orders of magnitude worse. Paywalls made this much worse, now every single link has to sell you a subscription. Which is bad enough if you don't pay for a subscription but absolutely devastating if you actually paid for content that only serves as bait for people that don't.
- gepi79 9y agoThanks to the internet.