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This is a book review, and the title of this post is the title of the book. Did you stop there, not read the article and make a gigantically incorrect assumptio
by jjulius 5y ago
This is a book review, and the title of this post is the title of the book. Did you stop there, not read the article and make a gigantically incorrect assumption, or are you willing to explain how this is clickbait?
- nomy99 5y agoIs the book review not behind the paywall?
- jjulius 5y agoI did not have a paywall.
- nomy99 5y agoI did.
- jjulius 5y agoAre you suggesting that that makes it clickbait? Again, the headline that appears on HN is not the title of the article as it appears on The Economist's site. On the website, it is "Britain’s private schools are lambasted in Richard Beard’s book". The user who submitted this to HN chose to submit this with the book title as the headline. There's usually a layer of deception or over-sensationalism of some kind involved in order for it to be clickabit, and simply being behind a paywall doesn't qualify as clickbait. My point is that The Economist is not guilty of that in this instance, and OP is incorrect to blame them for as much.
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