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Somebody needs to build a plug-in that keeps track of which articles are linkbait. When a user clicks the link and arrives at the misleading article, he/she can
by roymurdock 13y ago
Somebody needs to build a plug-in that keeps track of which articles are linkbait. When a user clicks the link and arrives at the misleading article, he/she can downvote the page. Enough downvotes will flag the link as being untrustworthy, saving unsuspecting users from clicking through and generating revenue for the evil association of linkbaiters.
I know that someone recently created a similar extension - Downworthy - to combat the hyperbolic, asinine titles of articles that are designed to go viral, but I disabled it after having portions of useful, informative articles unintentionally disfigured.
- benologist 13y agoIf HN wants higher quality content all they have to do is be proactive about it. There's a flag button that works very well for removing bad journalism, bad link bait, and viral spam from the front page.