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New York Times experimenting with link-bait headlines back in 1996.
by NoPiece 14y ago
New York Times experimenting with link-bait headlines back in 1996.
- dasil003 14y agoLink-bait is just a new word, the phenomenon must date back to the invention of the printing press.
- hayksaakian 14y agoArguably, printed materials gave you more context along with the title, without opening up the full article.
- dasil003 14y agoSeeing the link is akin to passing the newsstand from a medium distance. Clicking the link is akin to picking up the newspaper and seeing the small print. Skipping the ad is akin to opening the newspaper to the continuation of the story inside.
- shawn-butler 14y agoPamphleteering: http://www.thepamphleteers.com/overview.htm http://www.thepamphleteers.com/overview.htm But I think the most relevant artifacts are what were referred to as "broadsides" Explosive or dramatic one pagers were printed (often as advertisements) and pasted on sides of buildings usually at night under the safety of darkness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_literature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_literature
- angrycoder 14y ago> link-bait headlines Otherwise known as headlines.
- kmfrk 14y agoIt still makes me kind of wistful considering how their headlines today are usually completely anodyne to the point of euphemism, which it sound like the author was in some Valium-induced fugue state.
- Chris2048 14y agoI had to look up a lot of the words you used in this sentence.