Yeah, but if that's the case then just have the title be clickbait and leave it. Having the title be clickbait and acknowledging that in the first sentence and

Yeah, but if that's the case then just have the title be clickbait and leave it. Having the title be clickbait and acknowledging that in the first sentence and trying to justify it as somehow improving the reception of the content is just kind of insulting. "Look at me using the word hate misleadingly, hate is such a strong word". Is it though? This is like the title-writing version of /r/madlads. :-)