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I doubt this. Reason clickbait works is because it's more attention grabbing. It's more attention grabbing because it appeals to human innate fears. And even i
by Ygg2 7y ago
I doubt this. Reason clickbait works is because it's more attention grabbing. It's more attention grabbing because it appeals to human innate fears.
And even if clickbait is banned and subscription mandatory, media would be in a race to the bottom. Just a slightly different one.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoReason clickbait works is because it is needed to drive page views. In a subscription model, media sites would have an incentive to put out stories that are interesting beyond the first page view.
- Ygg2 7y agoOk. But if you can't view more than a paragraph, why not just judge the article by the headline.