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Even more surprised by editors who will knowingly mislead with the headline in order to force people to click through and get those sweet, sweet ad (or subscrib
by Robotbeat 4y ago
Even more surprised by editors who will knowingly mislead with the headline in order to force people to click through and get those sweet, sweet ad (or subscriber) dollars just to find out the “man bites dog” headline was a lie.
- hellotomyrars 4y agoI have seen multiple instances where the url was a significantly less sensationalist title that was presumably the authors original headline but an editor decided they needed to get the clicks and modified the actual article headline. Very funny how laid bare it was.
- ortusdux 4y agoI've noticed some sites start with a clickbait headline and then change it after a few hours to something less sensational. I originally thought that they were responding to criticism, but I've seen it enough now that it seems to be a pre-planned way to game SEO/Socials. You can use the wayback machine to check, and I've seen some big headlines get revised down 4+ times.