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"Linkbait" implies it's hyperbole, but I would argue that the headline is a perfect description of the argument being made here.
by taco_emoji 2y ago
"Linkbait" implies it's hyperbole, but I would argue that the headline is a perfect description of the argument being made here.
- dang 2y agoLinkbait is about using tricks to grab attention rather than providing neutral information. Hyperbole is only one way to do that. In this case "The man who" is a linkbait trope and "killed" is a sensational attention-grabby word. Composing them into "the man who killed" is linkbait.
- Takennickname 2y ago"Prabhakar made search bad"
- davidgerard 2y agoThe headline makes a promise and the article delivers on it. At this stage, I think your reading is idiosyncratic and not an actual problem with the headline in relation to the article. Editorialising it with a question mark that is not present in the article - which makes its case - is particularly inappropriate, as it makes it look like the article is asking a Betteridge question for a headline. This is you misrepresenting the article.