• @[email protected]
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    722 days ago

    'is weirder than you thought ’

    I am as likely to click a link with that line as much as if it had

    ‘this one weird trick’ or ‘side hussle’.

    I would really like it if headlines treated us like adults and got rid of click baity lines.

    • @[email protected]
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      222 days ago

      But then you wouldn’t need to click on thir Ad infested shite website where 1-2 paragraphs worth of actual information is stretched into a giant essay so that they can show you more Ads the longer you scroll

      • @[email protected]
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        122 days ago

        I will never understand how ppl survive without ad blockers. Tried it once recently and it was a horrific experience.

    • @[email protected]
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      122 days ago

      They do it because it works on the whole. If straight titles were as effective they’d be used instead.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 days ago

        Well, I’m doing my part against them by refusing to click on any bait headlines, but I fear it’s a lost cause anyway.

      • SkaveRat
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        122 days ago

        The one weird trick that makes clickbait work