Clickbait
If you don't know what clickbait is by now... well, here it is:
Clickbait: content that is labelled with an extremely exciting/sensational title but with content nothing close to it.
Point is, you click on it and:
1. The person who posted the clickbait gets a view;
2. The website who made it gets ad money;
3. You get shown a scam.
The point of clickbait is to entice you to click on something. Once you've clicked, the baiter gets some kind of benefit while you get disappointed.
Clickbait: content that is labelled with an extremely exciting/sensational title but with content nothing close to it.
Point is, you click on it and:
1. The person who posted the clickbait gets a view;
2. The website who made it gets ad money;
3. You get shown a scam.
The point of clickbait is to entice you to click on something. Once you've clicked, the baiter gets some kind of benefit while you get disappointed.
If you want to avoid clickbait, avoid:
>ANYTHING IN ALL CAPS.
>A billion question marks!!!!!!!!!!!
>"NOT CLICKBAIT"
>"GONE SEXUAL"
>"Experts/Doctors/ Baffled"
>"Simple Trick"
>Anything Where Each First Letter In Every Word Is Capitalised.
>Anything you see at the bottom of a site (Recommended by Taboola, etc.).
>ANYTHING IN ALL CAPS.
>A billion question marks!!!!!!!!!!!
>"NOT CLICKBAIT"
>"GONE SEXUAL"
>"Experts/Doctors/ Baffled"
>"Simple Trick"
>Anything Where Each First Letter In Every Word Is Capitalised.
>Anything you see at the bottom of a site (Recommended by Taboola, etc.).
Clickbait by a doorknob July 29, 2018
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