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Is this a perfect example for "clickbait"?
by maxxxxx 8y ago
Is this a perfect example for "clickbait"?
- onemoresoop 8y agoI was thinking the same until I read the whole article. I think the author is doing something interesting, read the am i a denier part.
- maxxxxx 8y agoClickbait doesn't have be useless. Even if it's a good article the headline is still designed to cause controversy.
- spectre256 8y agoEither: definitely yes, as the conclusion of the article is very different than what I expected from the title or: no, because the content was substantial and many people probably would not read yet another article with a title like "even more evidence for how sure scientists are of climate change". we all already know and have mostly made up our mind
- sctb 8y agoWe've updated the title to a more representative phrase from the article.
- sideshowb 8y agoGood work, I wonder why it got flagged though?
- rationalradical 8y agoI was a bit wary about choosing a click bait title for the article, but my intention was to try and attract readers who might not otherwise engage. Click bait is only a problem if the content doesn't deliver what the title promises, whereas here the title is relevant to the main thrust of the article. And hey, I could have called it "humanity decided to burn trillions of tonnes of fossil fuels, you won't believe what happened next..."