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Good point, got me thinking.. No matter the headline, audience will filter by it.. In this case, the question form, might be the more neutral, where the altern
by dusted 3y ago
Good point, got me thinking.. No matter the headline, audience will filter by it..
In this case, the question form, might be the more neutral, where the alternatives would lead more to echo-chambering.
The question is unresolved, so no matter if you want it to be true or not, you'll need to click and expose yourself to the arguments put forth.
These are my thoughts on it, wrong as they may be:
if the article was called: "Older people are not less innovative!"
Then people who hate/dislike older people (as seem to be the current fashion seeing the amount of hatred directed towards our parents and grandparents generations) will dismiss it off the cuff and never be exposed to the arguments on why it might be the case. While people who wants this to be true won't read it either because they've had their existing opinion enforced, maybe based on different arguments/ideas.
The question however, leads both those who wants it to be true and false to read.
- saberience 3y agoYeah it's interesting... I really dislike titles of this form though and on principle usually refuse to read them, similarly to videos which have equally provocative titles. I would prefer something like: "A discussion of whether innovation varies with age" or "Analyzing the data on innovation by age group." For me, these imply thougtful analysis. When I see "clickbaity" titles I assume the content isn't worth reading (and is low quality) since the author needs to use emotional trickery to drive clicks, and usually this assumption is correct.