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How is that title link bait?
by joenathan 14y ago
How is that title link bait?
- benologist 14y agoWindows 8’s Flash whitelist goes black [1], turns on [2] Flash almost everywhere [1] did they just blacklist all Flash? [2] another way of saying betrayed, attacked, etc
- joenathan 14y agoIf you are familiar with the terminology the title is completely factual and not at all exaggerated or controversial. A whitelist approach means only sites that have been specifically allowed(whitelisted) will be allowed to use flash, a blacklist approach means all sites will by default be allowed to use flash except those explicitly blocked(blacklisted).
- benologist 14y agoIf you're familiar with English you'll note that there are two entirely valid definitions to the sentence, as noted. The negative meaning is particularly valid if you're familiar with Flash's history in recent years.
- masklinn 14y agoSo you're misreading Ars's clear statement in the most contorded way possible and thus Ars posts a "linkbait headline"?