I don’t think you know how click bait works. For that you actually need a descriptive headline (i.e. one that actually says something) but then you use exaggera

I don’t think you know how click bait works. For that you actually need a descriptive headline (i.e. one that actually says something) but then you use exaggeration or selective reporting and maybe question marks (or outright untruths) to make that headline appealing. This headline is emphatically not click bait. It just doesn’t say anything and wouldn’t lead anyone to click on it. If you think that headline helps driving up views then I really can’t help you. Why would you ever think something so ridiculous? As you already figured out, this headline is a reaction to the completely bonkers top-comment yesterday whining about the headline of Worse. You are talking about a private blog here and not using descriptive headlines is a HN problem, not a private blog problem. Not every author has to bend to the whims of some link collection site and use headlines that fit that site. It’s really as simple as that.