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the additive is brominated vegetable oil (or BVO) can we change the headline to be less clickbait?
by nielsbot 3y ago
the additive is brominated vegetable oil (or BVO)
can we change the headline to be less clickbait?
- bdcravens 3y agoI don't see how "brominated vegetable oil linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA" is much different than "Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA"; the original title seems to provide more context. Surely you're not saying the "linked to thyroid toxicity" is clickbait, as that's reflected by 50 years of science.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoIt's classic clickbait because it makes you click to find out what the one weird trick, sorry, one common toxin added to food is.
- ce4 3y agoExactly. I just came here to confirm my suspicion (already thought about the toxin being BVO)
- supertimor 3y agoExcept most people wouldn’t really know what BVO is (or what it is used for), so soda additive is actually informative here.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoThen they can literally write "Soda additive BVO linked..." and the headline has the same meaning. Everyone who knows what BVO is can decide for themselves if they're interested, everyone who didn't can still click to find out what this mysterious "BVO" is. There room for 3 characters and a space in that headline. The only reason not to do that is to get clicks from people who wouldn't click if they knew what the article was actually about. It's clickbait. Doubly so because it's not like BVO is the only dodgy chemical in soft drinks. Aspartame even is suspected of being related to thyroid wierdness.
- supertimor 3y agoYes, you are right. They should have gone with that headline.
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