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Probably because he immediately follows up with: > but it's actually true.
by cpressland 3y ago
Probably because he immediately follows up with:
> but it's actually true.
- justinclift 3y agoDoesn't excuse it.
- dartos 3y agoIf it’s true, is it clickbait?
- justinclift 3y agoIf the author didn't think it was clickbait, then they wouldn't have apologised for doing it.
- geerlingguy 3y agoI only apologized because some people love to shout "clickbait" at any headline that has anything sensational about it, regardless of truth or merit. In this case it is entirely true, but some people would inevitably spend a bunch of time in comments arguing over whether or not the headline was clickbait, so I thought I'd just nip that conversation in the bud. Apparently it didn't work ;)
- justinclift 3y agoSeems like people object to "sensational" titles (aka clickbait) regardless of the article contents. Perhaps it's something to do with treating your readers disrespectfully? ;)
- geerlingguy 3y agoApparently adding a ;) doesn't convey my intent that well... It's hard to convey any sense of sarcasm in written fora.