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Bloggers hate one this weird trick that everyone gets wrong but it's a game changer and considered harmful. Peak-bait title. Why don't someone writes a "bait"

• latexr 2y ago
  > Why don't someone writes a "bait" title generator? I’d prefer a bait title detector and replacer. Or better yet, an eraser, since bait titles accompany shallow uninteresting articles more often than not and we shouldn’t be giving them the clicks anyway.
  • bayindirh 2y ago
    I suggested that activity as a fun and satire exercise, like how it's done in early 2000s. On a more serious note, I currently prefer to skip bait titles everywhere. I even changed the paper I read to another one which doesn't use {rage,click,etc}-bait titles. Mental health and self-care is important.
    • hinkley 2y ago
      You guys all missed out on the original grunge band name generator.
      • bayindirh 2y ago
        I vaguely remember something like that, but what I miss is flash based soundboards, compiled as Windows EXE files. They were fun.