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Respectfully, I disagree. To my mind, a "clickbait" title includes purposely omitting information for the purposes of getting you to click. If this were a news
by AdmiralAsshat 7y ago
Respectfully, I disagree. To my mind, a "clickbait" title includes purposely omitting information for the purposes of getting you to click.
If this were a newspaper headline, it would've been "Man discovers mummified remains in deceased mother's freezer", because the purpose of the headline is to convey as much information as possible, succinctly. But the "clickbait" article intentionally omits what is in the freezer in the hopes of getting you to click to find out.
- kube-system 7y agoIt's certainly up for debate, as there are varying definitions. Although, I don't think it's fair to put things like "Man photographs Lock Ness monster, and you'll never guess what happens next!" BS in the same category as my nightly news saying "After the break, new CDC warnings you should know before you vape"
- bardan 7y agoMaybe we could say there are varying degrees of clickbait, but any headline that calls attention to the fact it is omitting important information has to be considered clickbait.