Internet content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Ad blockers and a general fall in advertising clicks also affected the clickbait model, as websites moved towards sponsored advertising and native advertising where the content of the article was more important than the click-rate from users of the website. Chum boxes/chumbuckets are usually associated with clickbait, which they do, to some extent. "One weird trick" is a form of clickbait advertising that has been common on the internet since around the late 2000s. The formula used in the advertisements was first applied to weight loss products but has since been extended to cures for problems including hair loss and diabetes. Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. Sensationalism is what clickbait is.
"THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR EYE COLOR..." is a title that is misleading clickbait. "Top 10 <whatevers> that exist in real life!' is clickbait that may include Pokemon as a object. Pokemon are not real, hence the title is misleading.
by Qorptocx December 20, 2018
a form of false advertisement, uses hyperlink text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, with a defining characteristic of being deceptive, typically sensationalized or misleading.
Clickbait is a term for videos, pictures, or more that are made to get the most views or clicks on it to get the most clout.
Oftentimes Clickbait on videos will have red arrows, red circles, and absurd things appended to the end of the title, like
*ALMOST DIED* *GONE SEXUAL* *GONE HORRIBLE* *WATCH TO THE END* or multiple at the same time.
Oftentimes Clickbait on videos will have red arrows, red circles, and absurd things appended to the end of the title, like
*ALMOST DIED* *GONE SEXUAL* *GONE HORRIBLE* *WATCH TO THE END* or multiple at the same time.
by totalbastard May 12, 2020
by Thicc_Pyrocynical_Thicc May 07, 2018
by Thicc_Pyrocynical_Thicc May 06, 2018
Teasing people in group chats who never respond with something irrestible, than pulling a bait & switch.
“Why did Hill cross the road?”
“1”
“None of my business. Hills a grown ass woman and I don’t need to know all the details of her life. Furthermore, I trust her judgement. She could have been buying groceries for all I care. Or better yet perhaps it’s a Norwegian tradition. But at the end of the day, I think we should ALL respect each others privacy!!”
“Love it! Def not Clickbait-Bob”
“Actually, that was textbook Clickbait-Bob!”
“1”
“None of my business. Hills a grown ass woman and I don’t need to know all the details of her life. Furthermore, I trust her judgement. She could have been buying groceries for all I care. Or better yet perhaps it’s a Norwegian tradition. But at the end of the day, I think we should ALL respect each others privacy!!”
“Love it! Def not Clickbait-Bob”
“Actually, that was textbook Clickbait-Bob!”
by Clickbait-Bob January 29, 2019
The act of creating clickbait headlines - to lure readers to inane, untrue or double-minded articles - sold as journalism.
Clickbaitism is clickbait combined with really bad and dishonest journalism.
Especially social media and sponsored articles lead to a new form of clickbaitism.
Clickbaitism is clickbait combined with really bad and dishonest journalism.
Especially social media and sponsored articles lead to a new form of clickbaitism.
by KeSch November 15, 2023