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I’m dating a non-native English speaker. This morning I was explaining clickbait to her. First I had to explain bait. Next I explained the title of “The Witc

I’m dating a non-native English speaker. This morning I was explaining clickbait to her. First I had to explain bait. Next I explained the title of “The Witcher Season 2 Netflix release date” [1] Finally I shared with her the content “Those looking for news of a final release date for The Witcher Season 2 on Netflix will be disappointed to learn that no date has been set just yet.” [1] https://www.shacknews.com/article/123143/the-witcher-season-2-netflix-release-date https://www.shacknews.com/article/123143/the-witcher-season-...

pimlottc 6y ago
Surely they have clickbait in other languages?
- tomashubelbauer 6y ago
  There's not a good word (that I know of) for this in my language (Czech). People who can speak English use the English word. People who don't just say something along the lines of the article author being a bastard.
  - ElFitz 6y ago
    In French some say "putaclic". But it’s not widespread outside of the "old-ish" French tech sphere and, being composed of the word "pute", a slang for prostitute, quite vulgar...
  - 177tcca 6y ago
    So, less reframing and cutesy phrases, perhaps? Things might have been a lot different if instead of saying LinkedIn was using "dark patterns" to grow, they were being pieces of shit.
    - tpm 6y ago
      Different for sure, but better or worse? Here in our culture we don't really do reframing and cutesy phrases. But the public discourse is very vulgar and pessimistic, and this is not a fad, it's like that for decades already.
- enedil 6y ago
  In Polish everyone says "clickbait" (in English), because there is no direct and terse translation.
- fbarred 6y ago
  Until fairly recently clickbait didn't exist in English too. Once the concept got a catchy English name it spread to other languages.
  - IncRnd 6y ago
    The word didn't exist, but there were stories on the local news similar with teaser headlines like, "Your refrigerator is killing you! Watch at the bottom of the hour!"
    - jfk13 6y ago
      I gather you're in the States?
      - IncRnd 6y ago
        Yes, but the point is that "clickbait" existed before people could click. The forms may have differed between geos, but I doubt you are disputing the existence.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    And it's a way overused phrase. As if headline writers haven't tried to entice people to read articles for 100 years. Some people seem to want scientific paper titles for headlines. Basically not going to happen. (There are egregious examples of course but the idea that headlines shouldn't try to grab a reader is silly.)
- cosmodisk 6y ago
  Very unlikely. There would usually be a description of such thing but not one,easy to use word describing it.
aflag 6y ago
So she didn’t even know the concept of a clickbait? Her country sounds like a wonderland.

pimlottc 6y ago

Surely they have clickbait in other languages?

tomashubelbauer 6y ago
There's not a good word (that I know of) for this in my language (Czech). People who can speak English use the English word. People who don't just say something along the lines of the article author being a bastard.
- ElFitz 6y ago
  In French some say "putaclic". But it’s not widespread outside of the "old-ish" French tech sphere and, being composed of the word "pute", a slang for prostitute, quite vulgar...
- 177tcca 6y ago
  So, less reframing and cutesy phrases, perhaps? Things might have been a lot different if instead of saying LinkedIn was using "dark patterns" to grow, they were being pieces of shit.
  - tpm 6y ago
    Different for sure, but better or worse? Here in our culture we don't really do reframing and cutesy phrases. But the public discourse is very vulgar and pessimistic, and this is not a fad, it's like that for decades already.
enedil 6y ago
In Polish everyone says "clickbait" (in English), because there is no direct and terse translation.
fbarred 6y ago
Until fairly recently clickbait didn't exist in English too. Once the concept got a catchy English name it spread to other languages.
- IncRnd 6y ago
  The word didn't exist, but there were stories on the local news similar with teaser headlines like, "Your refrigerator is killing you! Watch at the bottom of the hour!"
  - jfk13 6y ago
    I gather you're in the States?
    - IncRnd 6y ago
      Yes, but the point is that "clickbait" existed before people could click. The forms may have differed between geos, but I doubt you are disputing the existence.
- ghaff 6y ago
  And it's a way overused phrase. As if headline writers haven't tried to entice people to read articles for 100 years. Some people seem to want scientific paper titles for headlines. Basically not going to happen. (There are egregious examples of course but the idea that headlines shouldn't try to grab a reader is silly.)
cosmodisk 6y ago
Very unlikely. There would usually be a description of such thing but not one,easy to use word describing it.

aflag 6y ago

So she didn’t even know the concept of a clickbait? Her country sounds like a wonderland.