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Max, great analysis. I was curious if you researched whether or not BuzzFeed is using the tactic of multiple titles for a single (partially generated) article?
by jcr 12y ago
Max, great analysis. I was curious if you researched whether or not
BuzzFeed is using the tactic of multiple titles for a single
(partially generated) article?
The multi-title tactic was mentioned in the "The King of Clickbait" article and discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8810670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8810670
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/virologist http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/virologist
- minimaxir 12y agoThere were articles posted in multiple categories, which caused misleading results due to double-counting when I first made the chart. (http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2s6d1y/30_linkbait_phrases_in_buzzfeed_headlines_you/cnmk7y3 http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2s6d1y/30_l...) The dupe articles had the same exact title, however.