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The Onion’s ClickHole Opens Its Traffic-Baiting Maw
- kaeruct 12y agohow can i get paid to write stuff like this?
- goatforce5 12y agoGoogle "5 easy tips to get paid writing stuff like this that you won't believe!" and you'll probably find something.
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- jayshahtx 12y agoLink-bait is the most frustrating trend on the internet. I read somewhere when outlets such as NYTimes were interviewed on their perception of BuzzFeed. The overwhelming response was "we're not worried at all, BuzzFeed has not taken any traffic from us". On a similar note, clicking on links that take you to a YouTube video vs just playing the YouTube video (embedded) is immensely annoying.
- TheCraiggers 12y agoFor what it's worth, I disagree. For one, I would rather see additional content on the page instead of a huge embedded video that I may not watch (especially at work). Secondly, links to Youtube are handled better on mobile devices than embedded videos, opening the Youtube app instead of relying on the browser to handle it.
- danielweber 12y agoclickhole.com also being discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7883170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7883170