Clickbaitism

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.

You can get a degree in clickbaitism at the University of Mount Whateverest.

by KeSch November 15, 2023

Clickbait

A form of lying to people on the Internet in order to get people to click on their videos. The lying informs that something has been done on the video, but that "something" is not even there. This is often used on YouTube and other social media. The word's name explains the whole definition.

The video title said "My taco was extremely spicy!", but there was no taco! What a clickbait video!

by dswqsa895 January 21, 2024

Clickbait

A device used by Yes Cymru to foment anger amongst its members.

Yes Cymru used clickbait to get its members angry about a fifty pence piece.

by Y Gwir April 21, 2023

Clickbait

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

Clickbait-Bob

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!”

by Clickbait-Bob January 28, 2019

Clickbait

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Example: **OMG** I FOUND A ALIEN IN THE FORTITE VORTEX ***CRAZY*** or Making my duck a roblox account :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
|Clickbait= people who make titles and thumbnails that not represent the video/post for millons of clicks and views they usally make money outta this.

by idontknowwhattoputheresoleave September 30, 2018

clickbait

when a bitch who attained her position due to nepotism makes a video about her organisation but in reality all in the video is crystal clear fake. A famous party calls her B+ch.Those shits didnt even value a famous party who were supposed to be given"Memers of the century"award.The video also clickbaits a person who loves maths and cm3.

Nazi party: *Sings Athendra and brothers*
Also Nazi party:Wait the school didnt put that in the campus video.Full clickbait.Lets drop Hiroshima Nagasaki on those shits using sins

by Muraligog May 27, 2022