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There's a little bit of history in there too though, which I appreciated. The fact that the title of the linked article on Wikipedia is "Run Commands" could mak

There's a little bit of history in there too though, which I appreciated. The fact that the title of the linked article on Wikipedia is "Run Commands" could make the HN title seem clickbaity, but I would never have clicked on something that just said "Run Commands", and now I know something new.

phillco 7y ago
Wikipedia could also be safely considered as "not a clickbait site".
- raverbashing 7y ago
  Yes but without the context it's a bit hard to know what's it talking about
- spodek 7y ago
  Oh yeah? This Wikipedia page is pure clickbait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait
  - cerberusss 7y ago
    Comes with a pretty amazing example as well: "7 Clickbait Advertisements You Won't Believe".
- escapecharacter 7y ago
  Yeah but just look at this article title! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_deaths The purple prose!
  - LordDragonfang 7y ago
    Meaning the prose is literally purple, because you've obsessively clicked all the links?
lillesvin 7y ago
> The fact that the title of the linked article on Wikipedia is "Run Commands" could make the HN title seem clickbaity, but I would never have clicked on something that just said "Run Commands" [...] Wouldn't "the RC in .bashrc stands for Run Command" be alright?
- frereubu 7y ago
  Perhaps, but the interesting part for me was the historical background (small as it was). What I suppose I'm saying is that in this particular instance I didn't mind that I took the bait. A bit better than "Unix sysadmins don't want you to know this one weird trick!" or "You'll never believe what the RC in .bashrc stands for!" at least.
  - phjesusthatguy3 7y ago
    >Perhaps, but the interesting part for me was the historical background (small as it was). What I suppose I'm saying is that in this particular instance I didn't mind that I took the bait. A bit better than "Unix sysadmins don't want you to know this one weird trick!" or "You'll never believe what the RC in .bashrc stands for!" at least. You're literally saying you're okay with clickbait removing four words and an exclamation point.
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phillco 7y ago

Wikipedia could also be safely considered as "not a clickbait site".

raverbashing 7y ago
Yes but without the context it's a bit hard to know what's it talking about
spodek 7y ago
Oh yeah? This Wikipedia page is pure clickbait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait
- cerberusss 7y ago
  Comes with a pretty amazing example as well: "7 Clickbait Advertisements You Won't Believe".
escapecharacter 7y ago
Yeah but just look at this article title! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_deaths The purple prose!
- LordDragonfang 7y ago
  Meaning the prose is literally purple, because you've obsessively clicked all the links?

lillesvin 7y ago

> The fact that the title of the linked article on Wikipedia is "Run Commands" could make the HN title seem clickbaity, but I would never have clicked on something that just said "Run Commands" [...] Wouldn't "the RC in .bashrc stands for Run Command" be alright?

frereubu 7y ago
Perhaps, but the interesting part for me was the historical background (small as it was). What I suppose I'm saying is that in this particular instance I didn't mind that I took the bait. A bit better than "Unix sysadmins don't want you to know this one weird trick!" or "You'll never believe what the RC in .bashrc stands for!" at least.
- phjesusthatguy3 7y ago
  >Perhaps, but the interesting part for me was the historical background (small as it was). What I suppose I'm saying is that in this particular instance I didn't mind that I took the bait. A bit better than "Unix sysadmins don't want you to know this one weird trick!" or "You'll never believe what the RC in .bashrc stands for!" at least. You're literally saying you're okay with clickbait removing four words and an exclamation point.

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